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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. Summarize the information by selection and reporting the main features 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. Summarize the information by selection and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The following line graph depicts the
amount
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 of people
in
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the
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apply
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age
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aged
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of
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apply
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65 and over between the
year
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years
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 1940 and 2040 in three countries, which is
Japan
,
USA
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the USA
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, and Sweden. The column shows the
year
 and the rows provide the
percentage
.
First,
there are 2 countries which experienced a general increase in the
percentage
 of people over the age
65
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of 65
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 to around 15% by the
year
 1980 from
it’s
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 former state of 7.5% to 10%. These two countries later contrasted between the
year
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years
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 2000 and 2020 as the
USA
 had
stagnant
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a stagnant
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 flow in the people’s
percentage
 at 15%,
meanwhile
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 Sweden had an incline in the number of percentages adding up to 20% by 2020. Despite
USA
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the USA
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 and Sweden’s incline,
Japan
 had a decreasing number of percentages ranging from the
year
 1940 to 1980, with it having 3% by 1960 to 1980. It
increases
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 to
it’s
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 former state by 5% in 2000, and went drastically high by the
year
 2020 up to 10%.
Japan
 have the highest
percentage
 by the
year
 2040 with 27% of
it’s
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its
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 population
is
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apply
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aged 65 or higher. In conclusion, Sweden and
USA
has
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have
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 similar
percentage
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percentages
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 throughout the timeline, despite having an intervention between the two in the
year
 2000.
Japan
on the other hand
 had a low
percentage
 in the early years but went up
at the end
 and had the highest
percentage
 at 27%.
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Contractions: Don't use contractions.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words year, japan, usa, percentage with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 9 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
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