The graph below shows the number of Asian elephants between 1997 and 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below illustrates the number of Asian elephants in 9 countries in 2 years.

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, there was a downward trend in the elephant population in all countries.

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the number of elephants in India was the highest, the figure in China was the lowest/ the least belonged to China. In 1997, the largest number belonged to India with 10000 individuals, meanwhile, the herb in China was the modest, just one in ten (10 per cent) of India, at 1000. After 7 years, India’s population of giant mammals reduced by 2500,

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China’s figure declined by nearly half (from 1000) to 500.

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, there was a similar reduction in the quantity of Thai and Malay by two-thirds to 1100 and 1000 respectively . Indochina countries, which include Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia, shared the same total of 2000 at the beginning of the observed period. These figures experienced minimal changes over the 7-year period.

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, standing at 6000, Myanmar doubled Sri Lanka’s figure

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and tripled the numbers of Indochina nations at 3000 and 1000 respectively.A marginal fall was seen in the figures of Myanmar and Sri Lanka during the period of time.