The line graph illustrates the percentage of inhabitants aged 65 and older in three different nations (USA, Sweden and Japan) between 1940 and its prediction in 2040.

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65

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and over in three different countries, including the USA, Sweden, and Japan, from 1940 to the next century.

Overall

, it can be seen apparently that the elderly in Japan had the lowest proportion in the first year,

however

, it is predicted to rank in first place, in 2040.

Conversely

, there was a similar trend in the USA and Sweden, which experienced an upward trend throughout the period.

According to

the graph, the USA had around 9% of retired citizens at the beginning before slightly increasing to 10% twenty

years

later

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and

then

fluctuated from 10% to reach 23% approximately in the final year.

Similarly

, the number of elderly people in Sweden rose from around 7% to nearly 10% in the first 20

years

, before fluctuating to 26%

at the end

of the period.

Furthermore

, the proportion in Japan accounted for 5%, in 1940,

then

gradually decreased to about 3% and steadily remained for around 30

years

. Afterwards, the figure went up significantly to 10%, in 2020, which eventually climbed up sharply to just above 25% estimate, in 2040.