The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy ni 20 and projections for 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below give information on the ages of the populations of Yemen

and Italy ni 20 and projections for 2050.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and

make comparisons where relevant.
The charts show the disparity in the ages of the
population
in the
year
2000 and projections for 2050 for Italy and Yemen. It is noticeable that both
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countries will have changed significantly in 2050. In the
year
2000, half the
population
of Yemen was aged between 0-14 years
while
the majority of the other half was aged between 15-59 years. Only 3.6% of the
population
was aged above 60. In the
year
2050, it was projected that more than half of the
population
would be between 15-59 years old.
Furthermore
, only 37% of the
population
would be aged between 37% which is 13.1% less when compared to 2000.
Lastly
, only 5.7% of the
population
above
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60.
On the other hand
, in the
year
2000, Italy had 61.6% of the
population
aged between 15-49.
In contrast
to Yemen, Italy had more number of
people
aged above 60 at 24.1% followed by 14.3% of
people
who were aged between 0-14. In the
year
2050
while
the projected
population
of
people
aged between 15-59 decreased from 61.6% to 46.2%, the number of
people
who will be over 60 increased by 18.2%
whereas
the
population
of
people
aged between 0-14 wouldn't show much change and would have only decreased by 2.8%
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Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • population distribution
  • age group
  • young population
  • mature population
  • aging society
  • demographic shift
  • proportion
  • dominant
  • balanced distribution
  • projected increase
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