The chart and table below give information about population figures in Japan. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar graph illustrates the

population

and

percentage

of elderly individuals over 65 in past, recent, and prospective

years

in Japan.

Overall

, both the

population

and the

percentage

of individuals with 65 or higher

years

old are increasing by each generation. It can be seen from the pie chart that the highest expected

population

of citizens over 65

years

old is in the year 2035, having 37.2 million. As opposed to that, the lowest account for citizens aged over 65 is in 1950 with 4.1 million citizens. There is an inconsistent increase in the

population

of elderly people with the age of 65 as from 1950 to 2035, there is an increase in

population

.

However

, from 2035, the

population

decrease from 37.2 to 36.5 in 2055.

On the contrary

, there is a consistent increase in the

percentage

of the total

population

of elderly groups over the age of 65. The initial

percentage

was 4.9 in 1950 and consistently increased by approximately 15% to 2035 and rose 7% in the later

years

from 2035 to 2055.