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 line chart illustrates the percentage of the population aged 65 years old and over in a 100-year
period
from 1940 to 2040 in three different countries, namely, the USA, Sweden, and Japan. Overall
, it is shown that Japan was the country that witnessed the lowest proportion
and is expected to have the highest proportion
by the end of the period
.
The data provided shows that Japan had the lowest proportion
of elder people at the beginning of the period
, with just 5 per cent
. However
, this
proportion
decreased slightly until the year 2000, when it reached the same per centage
and started to increase steadily. After that, it is expected to increase steeply from 10 per Correct your spelling
percentage
cent
in 2030 until reaching around 27 per cent
in 2040.
On the other hand
, Sweden and the USA had approximately the same increasing trend of the proportion
from 1940 until 1980, when they had a different fluctuating trend. However
, by the end of the period
, Sweden is predicted to reach a proportion
of 25 per cent
, whereas
the USA is expected to reach 22.5 per cent
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