The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.

The graph below shows the proportion of the population

aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three

different countries.
The analysis presents the
proportion
of the population aged 65 and over in three different
countries
between 1940 and 2040. The
countries
being observed were
USA
,
Sweden
, and
Japan
. Generally speaking, a gradual upward trend was observed for both
USA
and
Sweden
over the 100 years period. Interestingly, the
proportion
in
Japan
also
showed an
overall
upward pattern,
although
it experienced a long plateau between 1940 to 2030 before experienced a significant spike to 2040. In 1940, all the three
countries
had similar
proportion
value, ranging from 8 - 10%. The
proportion
in
USA
had two plateaus:
one
happened between 1940 to 1960 and another
one
happened between 1980 to 2020. Between each plateaus, a significant increase was noticed, making the graph reached its peak at approximately 23% in 2040. A similar trend was seen in
Sweden
where it had 3 spikes: the first
one
is between 1940 to 1980, the second
one
is between 1990 to 2010, and the
last
one
is between 2030 to 2040. It got into its peak in 2040 at 25%.
Conversely
, a long plateau was shown in
Japan
before it spike significantly between 2030 to 2040. In conclusion, all
USA
,
Sweden
and
Japan
experienced an increase in the
proportion
of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040. The
countries
proportion
started at similar value in 1940 and ended in similar value as well in 2040, varying between 23 - 25%.
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