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

countries

: the USA, Japan, and Sweden, from the

year

1940 up to the projected

year

2040.

Overall

, all three

countries

show an increased

number

of older people throughout the years. The USA and Japan experienced a drop between those years with the latter being the highest,

while

the USA is the lowest. Meanwhile, compared to the other two

countries

only Sweden illustrates a consistent episode of an upward pattern . In America, there are 10% of elders in the

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

year

2040. The

number

grew steadily in the next following decades till 1980 (14%),

then

it fluctuates from below 15% and reached a peak of 25% by 2040. Turning to Japan, where the country with the lowest recorded

number

of people aged 65 and over in 1940 (5%). Even though it had the longest drop period ,

however

, remained constant from 1960 to 1985 with an estimated 3% decrease. By 2025 Japanese older population increased exponentially and supersede the two

countries

in 2030, ending at over 25% with the highest

number

.