The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries. The graph below shows the proportion of the population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.

The line graph compares the proportion of the population aged 65 and over in three different countries namely ;

Japan

,Sweden and

USA

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from 1940 to 2040.

Overall

,there is

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one general trend ;upward .In 1940 ,the

USA

was the highest point of comparison with

Japan

.

By contrast

,their positions were completely reversed in 2040. In 1940 , the

USA

showed the highest percentage of

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aged 65 and above ,around 9%.

While

Japan

started with 5% at

this

time. The proportion of elderly people in Sweden rose gradually over the next 50 years. Looking into the future a sudden increase in the percentage of elderly people in

Japan

,with a jump of over 15%

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in just 10 years from 2030 to 2040.By 2040 ,it

is

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reached

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27% of the Japanese population,

while

the figures for Sweden and the

USA

will be slightly lower at about 25% and 23% respectively .