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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 line graph illustrates
population
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the population
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 share
65
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of 65
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aged
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and older during the period from 1940 to 2040 in three countries:
USA
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the USA
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,
Sweden
 and
Japan
. It is important to
notice
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note
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 that
population
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the population
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 share in every country will eventually increase in 2040.
USA
 and
Sweden
has
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have
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 steadily
rise
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risen
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 for the whole period.
Meanwhile
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Japan
 was declining from 1940 to 1980, but in due course it
rocket
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rocketed
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. Since
the
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1940 the percentage of
population
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the population
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 in
Sweden
was
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has been
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 about 7% and it moderately
grow
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grows
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.
This
 indicator achieved around 14% in 1980. After 1980 it slightly dropped, but a little later the growth resumed. Ultimately, in 2040
Sweden
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Sweden's
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 proportion of
population
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the population
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 will reach 25%.
Likewise
,
USA
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the USA
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 started with approximately 9% and has
a
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stable growth. At long
last
,
USA
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the USA
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 proportion of
population
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the population
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 will achieve around 23%. Meanwhile,
Japan
 started with
lowest
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the lowest
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 position. It was 5% in 1940 and had
slight
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a slight
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 drop. From 1960 to 1990
Japan
 held a position at approximately 4%.
However
, it has modestly
grow
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grown
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 from 1990 to our time.
And based
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Based
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 on
this
, it can be concluded that it will sharply increase In the period from 2030 to 2040. Eventually,
Japan
's proportion of
population
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the population
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 will
achieve
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reach
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 around 26% in 2040
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Vocabulary: Replace the words population, usa, sweden, japan with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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