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

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citizens by

age

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groups in 2000 and a prediction for 2050.

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, we can see that

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the

population

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of

Yemen

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is expected to

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over the period, the elderly

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of Italy is forecast to be much bigger than in

Yemen

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. In 2000, slightly over half of the

population

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of

Yemen

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was under 14 years old.

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,

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

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group is expected to grow approximately by 10%, making

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

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

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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

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age

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group will be less than half.