The charts below compare the age structure of the populations of France and India in 1984.

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, the population in India is young; the percentage decreases as the age increases.

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, in France, there are fewer young inhabitants but more middle-aged people. The Indian age structure is younger than the French one. In the European country, women are more likely to be in the range of 15 to 35 years old, 1% of them reach the cohort of 85 and children from 0 to 5 account for approximately 3.5% of females. Compared to girls in the Asian country, where about 6.5% are 0-10 and can only live to 70 years.

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, French women live more but there are more Indians born. Most French males are between 15 and 35 years old, and children aged from 0 to 5

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represent around 3.5% of

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population, just like the females; fewer than 0.5% live until the 85 bracket.

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, in the Asian country, nearly 7% men are in the 0-5 cohort.

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, the highest cohort range is

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70. In the same way as women, men live longer lives in France , but more are born in India.