The chart shows the proportion of working age adults in four countries from 1960 to 2050. Units are given in percentages. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart depicts the proportion of

adults

of working

age

in four countries, France, the United States,

Japan

and

Germany

, over a

90 year

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period. Taken as a whole, the

working

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age

population of all four countries peaked between 1990 and 2000, before showing a projected decline to 2050. Though

Japan

and

Germany

had the highest numbers of working-

age

adults

in the 1990s, both are forecast to have the lowest by 2050,

while

the United States and France will have the highest. With regard to

Japan

and

Germany

, both had

working

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age

populations at over 65% in 1960.

Whereas

Germany’s

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initially

dips slightly, their proportions of working

adults

peaked in unison at seventy

percent

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by 1990, before showing a projected decline to 52% for

Japan

and 55% for

Germany

by 2050.

Similarly

, the percentage of

adults

under the

age

of retirement in the United States and France showed a gradual increase from around 60% for both in 1960 to reaching a peak of over 65% by 1980. Over the next 30 years, each displayed slight fluctuations before being predicted to decline steadily to 60% and 55% respectively by the period's end.