The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given pie charts show the percentage of Italian and

Yemen

citizens by

age

groups in 2000 and a prediction for 2050.

Overall

, we can see that

while

the

population

of

Yemen

is expected to

age

over the period, the elderly

population

of Italy is forecast to be much bigger than in

Yemen

. In 2000, slightly over half of the

population

of

Yemen

was under 14 years old.

However

,

this

figure is projected to decline significantly to 37%. The 15-59

age

group is expected to grow approximately by 10%, making

this

group the largest. In a similar way, the percentage of people over 60 is

also

forecast to climb to 5.7%. Looking at the Italian figures, almost a quarter of its

population

was already over 60 years in 2000, and it is expected to rise dramatically to 42.3%. More than half of Italian citizens were in the range of 15 to 59 years old, at 61.6%, and, it is predicted that in 2050 people from

this

age

group will be less than half.