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

The graphs depict two countries in terms of age distribution by gender in the year 1984.

Overall

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, the population of India was younger than that of France in 1984, with a noticeably larger proportion of younger people. France,

on the other hand

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, had a significantly larger percentage of elderly inhabitants.

Firstly

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, the older the Indian population got , the fewer the number of people were, with the exception being those more than 70 . In the European country, there were fewer children (5-10) , at 6.5% , than babies (0-5). Next , between adolescents (10-15) and adults (30-35), the number was very similar, being around 8% . The number

then

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decreased from 35 to 45 years ,reaching 4,5%. It

then

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dropped until 50-55 years, before finding the same logic as India (with a little exception at 65 to 70).

Secondly

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, it is possible to notice that the French lived on average until much older. Indeed, the above 70 years category shows less than 3% in India ,

while

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the French elderly respond to 9%