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

The line chart depicts the percentage of demographics above the age of 65 who reside in the USA, Sweden, and Japan from 1940 to 2040.

Overall

, the proportion of elderly citizens increased over the given period.

To begin

with, Americans aged 65 and older topped the chart in 1940, comprising a little below a tenth of the population.

This

figure experienced fluctuations over the years and reached a peak of just over a fifth

at the end

.

Similarly

, the rate of Swedes aged 65 years and above was undulant, starting at about 7% and

then

reaching a zenith exactly a quarter of a century later, thereby surpassing the USA by approximately 2%. Japan,

on the other hand

, had the

least

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lowest

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populace of older people aged 65 plus, hovering between the range of 0 to 5% in the first two decades. It rose slightly to 10% around 2030 and

then

skyrocketed to about 27% in 2040, notably amounting to the country with the most aged individuals.