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 given pie charts compare the data pertaining to the
population
distribution of
Yemen
and Italy in terms of three different age groups in 2000 and
also
forecast for the pictures in 2050.
Overall
, in 2000,
Yemen
was made up of citizens mostly between 0 to 14 years,
while
the middle-aged
group
of 15-59 years took more than 60% of the
population
of Italy. In 2050, it is predicted that the middle-aged
group
of
Yemen
will surpass the young-aged ones considerably by 20%.
In contrast
, in Italy, the elderly people aged 60 or more
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projected to grow to about the same share of the middle-aged
group
. Looking more specifically,
Yemen
in 2000 had half of its people aged under 14.
Nevertheless
, in 2050, the largest proportion will be taken by the middle-aged
group
which rose from 46.3% to 57.3%. The senior
population
of
Yemen
will increase slightly from 3.6% to 5.7%. For Italy, in 2000, the middle-aged
group
stood at 61.6% of the
population
but it is anticipated to decline drastically to 46.2% in 2050, whilst the old aged people will surge from 24.1% to 42.3%. The youngsters in Italy will maintain at about the same level from 14.3% in 2000 to 11.5% in 2050.
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  • 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
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