The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050.

The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050.
The pie charts display various age brackets of the population in 2000 and predictions for 2050 in two different countries: Italy and Yemen.
Overall
, in almost all charts the majority is in middle age,
however
, the pie chart of Yemen in 2000 has a bigger percentage of children. The elderly people in Italy took a huge proportion in 2000
as well as
in 2050, at practically a quarter and approximately 42%, respectively. The youth has the smallest percentage, which was around 14% in 2000, and it is going to drop to merely more than 11% in 2050,
according to
the projections. The same trend is expected in the category of middle-aged people, it will decrease by about 15%. In Yemen the two younger categories were almost equal in 2000,
nevertheless
,
this
will change by 2050. The 15-59 years sector will plunge to merely under 60% and the children population will go down from 50% to nearly 37%.
Nonetheless
, the population of elder individuals will increase to almost 6%.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • age demographics
  • age structure
  • population distribution
  • youthful population
  • ageing population
  • life expectancy
  • birth rate
  • demographic shift
  • population projection
  • median age
  • dependents
  • working-age population
  • elderly dependents
  • geriatric
  • fertility rate
  • migration
  • demographic trends
  • baby boomers
  • demographic dividend
  • population pyramid
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