The graph gives information about the age of the population of Iceland between 1990 and 2020.
The bar chart compares the percentage of citizens in five ranges of age in Iceland during the period from 1990 to 2020.
It is clear that
there was an upward tendency in the group of people
aged 25 to 54. Besides
, the number of youngsters from 0 to 24 decreased considerably, while
the sum of older people
remained unchanged within 30 years.
As can be seen, adults who were at the age of 25 to 54 took up the largest proportion of the Icelandic population throughout the years. It accounted for over 30% in 1990 and then
kept increasing continuously until 2020 when it made up half of the world population. However
, people
in the age range of 0 to 14 dropped slightly from 25% in 1990 to under 20% in 2020. Likewise
, ages from 50 to 24. Also
witnessed a decline. It took up over 20% of the number of citizens at the beginning of the observed period and fell to under 10% over the next three decades.
In addition
, during the first 10 years, two groups of people
who were 55 to 64 and over 65, shared the same percentage, at approximately 10%. After that, from 2010 to 2020, the total of the elderly rose marginally to 15%, whereas
the figure for citizens, aged 55 to 64 remained nearly stable.Submitted by danphamngocha on
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