The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Given are two charts comparing the marital status of Canadians and Australians.
Overall
, in both countries, the majority of people are not married,
although
, in ,Australia their proportion is lower. As can be seen from the first chart,the most numerous group of Canadians(more than half) are separated, though not divorced. In stark contrast to
this
, less than a third of citizens are married. Other groups,
however
,
such
as widowed , divorced and same-sex married make up only a fifth of the whole population together. Turning to Australian statistics, it can be noticed that just under half of citizens officially registered their relationships.The second biggest category is separated ones, which makes two fifth of Australians.Other categories of people make up together only 13 %.
Also
, it is worth noting that
according to
the data, there are no same-sex marriages in Australia. In conclusion,in ,Australia share of married and divorced people is higher,
although
, of those single or widowed ones is lower.
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  • marital status
  • population
  • pie charts
  • percentage
  • categories
  • Married
  • Single
  • Divorced
  • Widowed
  • distribution
  • noticeable trends
  • comparison
  • significantly different
  • similarities
  • striking differences
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