The graph shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant
The line graph provides information about the
number
of elderly in the population aged 65 and above in three Use synonyms
countries
: the USA, Japan, and Sweden, from the Use synonyms
year
1940 up to the projected Use synonyms
year
2040.
Use synonyms
Overall
, all three Linking Words
countries
show an increased Use synonyms
number
of older people throughout the years. The USA and Japan experienced a drop between those years with the latter being the highest, Use synonyms
while
the USA is the lowest. Meanwhile, compared to the other two Linking Words
countries
only Sweden illustrates a consistent episode of an upward pattern .
In America, there are 10% of elders in the Use synonyms
year
1940, which is the highest percentage. After a decade it climbed to above 5% until 1980. Between 1980 and 2020, a slight dropped can be seen (2%). By 2020 it rises considerably but is in third place.
An upward trend can be observed in the country Sweden. The figure of Swedish elderly in the population at the beginning started at approximately 7% which registered the second highest as well in the predicted Use synonyms
year
2040. The Use synonyms
number
grew steadily in the next following decades till 1980 (14%), Use synonyms
then
it fluctuates from below 15% and reached a peak of 25% by 2040.
Turning to Japan, where the country with the lowest recorded Linking Words
number
of people aged 65 and over in 1940 (5%). Even though it had the longest drop period , Use synonyms
however
, remained constant from 1960 to 1985 with an estimated 3% decrease. By 2025 Japanese older population increased exponentially and supersede the two Linking Words
countries
in 2030, ending at over 25% with the highest Use synonyms
number
.Use synonyms
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