Task 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The graph below shows the population of India and China from the year 2000 to the present day with projections for growth to the year 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The chart displays alterations in the number of citizens in India and China between 2000 and the projection in 2050.

Overall

,

it is clear that

India's population has the most significant changes and has grown rapidly over the period. China has a nonlinear graph, showing noticeable growth first and

then

decreasing steadily. At the start of 2000, amount of people in India was approximately one billion, but

then

it started rising by about 100 million every 5 years. There is a visible prediction that in 2030

this

number will be equal to China's population and will reach the point of slightly more than 1,400. Despite that, the rise will not be able to stop and in 2050 the quantity of Indians will climb to its highest point, overtaking the Chinese in more than 200 million. The second graph

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started in the middle of 1,300 and 1,200 billion, the number of citizens was

also

increasing every year, but it is showing a tendency to slow down. In roughly 2025 amount of people will reach its plateau and will stay almost the same till 2035. The downturn will show the same speed as growth and in the end, will drop to 1,400 billion