The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main feature and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main feature and make comparisons where relevant.
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The graph illustrates the increase in the ageing population in
Japan
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, Sweden and the USA. It indicates that the percentage of elderly people in all three
countries
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is expected to increase to almost 25% of the respective populations by the year 2040. In 1940 the proportion of people aged 65 or more stood at only 5% in
Japan
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, approximately 7% in Sweden and 9% in the US.
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the figures for the Western
countries
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grew to about 15% in around 1990, the figure for
Japan
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dipped to only 2.5% for much of
this
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period, before rising to almost 5% again at the present time. In spite of some fluctuation in the expected percentages, the proportion of
older
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the older
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community will probably continue to increase in the next two decades in the three
countries
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. A more dramatic rise is predicted between 2030 and 2040 in
Japan
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, by which time it is thought that the proportion of
elderly
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the elderly
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community will be similar in the three
countries
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.
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