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 features, and make comparisons where relevent.

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 features, and make comparisons where relevent.
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The line chart illustrates the percentage of the population aged 65 years old and over in a 100-year
period
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from 1940 to 2040 in three different countries, namely, the USA, Sweden, and Japan.
Overall
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, it is shown that Japan was the country that witnessed the lowest
proportion
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and is expected to have the highest
proportion
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by the end of the
period
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. The data provided shows that Japan had the lowest
proportion
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of elder people at the beginning of the
period
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, with just 5 per
cent
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.
However
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,
this
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proportion
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decreased slightly until the year 2000, when it reached the same
per centage
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percentage
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and started to increase steadily. After that, it is expected to increase steeply from 10 per
cent
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in 2030 until reaching around 27 per
cent
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in 2040.
On the other hand
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, Sweden and the USA had approximately the same increasing trend of the
proportion
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from 1940 until 1980, when they had a different fluctuating trend.
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, by the end of the
period
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, Sweden is predicted to reach a
proportion
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of 25 per
cent
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,
whereas
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the USA is expected to reach 22.5 per
cent
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "however".
Vocabulary: Replace the words period, proportion, cent with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • demographics
  • population aged 65 and over
  • time span
  • initial data points
  • proportions
  • steady increase
  • stagnation
  • decline
  • sharp increase/decrease
  • trends over time
  • fastest growth
  • least change
  • projection
  • predicted proportions
  • societal impacts
  • aging population
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