the bar chart shows the proportion of people aged over 65 years old in Germany, Canada, and the UK over a period of 50 years

The bar chart mentioned above compares and contrasts the data in the changes in the old resident proportion from 65 or over, surveyed over a fifty-year period between 1980 and 2030, measured in percentages Generally speaking, the

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of old people in the three countries

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experience a rise during that time.

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with, when the

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of Canadian citizens over 65 are taken into consideration. It is clearly seen that there is an upward trend in the total numbers. In detail, at the beginning

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1980, the proportion reached 10% and in the next 20 years, the percentage increased by 5% to 15% in 2000.

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, in the

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given period ( in 2030),

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trend still will grow up from 15% to over 22%

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, looking at the portion of old people surveyed in Germany, we can obviously find that the old people

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rose gradually during the surveyed years. For more details, 15% was for 1980 before there was an additional 5% in the next 2 decades.

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, more increase of 5% will be witnessed in 2030.

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, in the UK, there is a slight growth in the elderly resident

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. From the starting time, it accounted for nearly 15% and

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, the proportion will be approximately 20% in 2030