The graph below 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 graph below 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.
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The given line
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illustrates the proportion of the elderly population aged 65 and over in three other countries within a century (1940-2040).
Overall
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, the
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makes it clear that at the beginning of the given
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the percentage of elderly citizens was the lowest in
Japan
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while
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indicators which depict the
USA
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are vice versa. The illustrates show that, in 1940 the number of old people was almost 10 per
cent
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in the
USA
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and
Sweden
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respectively
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it was classified as only 5 per
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in
Japan
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. By comparing others, there, in
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Japan
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there was a slight increase which continued in the next 60 years and after the 2000s it started going up more and more.
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the fact that
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growth will continue growing and in 2040 it will have already been more than 25 per
cent
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.
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the most sharpened change, which is seen from the
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, which leads
Japan
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to be at the top of the list. Between the given time
1940
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1940s
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and the
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1990s the increases in numbers continued in both (the
USA
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and
Sweden
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). Throughout the time, percentages of the
USA
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left behind
Sweden
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by only 2,3 per
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. After 2000, numbers in
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jumped,
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however
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it never took over
Japan
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again. The
USA
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will have completed the list by just under 25 per
cent
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which is the least in the
graph
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "that is".
Vocabulary: Replace the words graph, japan, usa, cent, sweden with synonyms.
Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "proportion" in your introduction.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "illustrates" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • aging population
  • proportion
  • elderly
  • significant increase
  • surpass
  • gradual increase
  • crucial period
  • rapid increase
  • healthcare advancements
  • lower birth rates
  • projections
  • adjustments in social services
  • demographic dynamics
  • lifestyle choices
  • trends
  • notable
  • potentially
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