IELTS Essay Task 1: Urban and Rural Population Trends The bar chart illustrates population trends globally by percentage from 1950 to 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given linear graph depicts the urban, rural and total population

trends

in a period from 1950 to 2040

years

and the

trends

in age

dynamic

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during

this

span of time. From an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent, that there

is

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no prognoses for crucial changes

of

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in

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provincial areas,

while

citizens in downtown are estimated

gradually

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rise.

Trends

in age structure for the group between 15 -65

years

are predicted

dramatically

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to dramatically

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increase,

while

youngsters under 15 and old persons over 65 will be relatively stable.

To begin

with, the population in the cities started to expand from

near

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nearly

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5% in 1950 and still

expands

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with prospects to reach approximately 40% in 2040, the same trend is prognosed

to

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for

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total

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the total

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population, just over 10% in 1950 the percentage of citizens will expand by 35% in 2040. For rural areas there

is

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no significant changes and indexes will be just over 5%.

Trends

in age Structure for the group of people between 15 to 65

years

,

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are going drastically rise from just over 5% in 1950 to 35% in 2040. Meanwhile young people under 15 and senior citizens over 65

years

expected

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to stay

on

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in

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position

5

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at 5

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%.