The chart below shows the Japan's population by age groups starting in 1960 and including a forecast to 2040. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. AT LEAST 150 WORDS – 190 WORDS

The line graph represents the percentage of Japanese people grouped by three different age ranges from 1960 to 2040. In the big picture, it is conspicuous that the number of individuals aged below 64 exhibited a downward trend,

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, the rest experienced an upward tendency. Focussing on the categories which had age below 64, the rate of people between 25 and 64 had the most significant numbers compared to others at around 60% to 70%.

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report started at just above 60% in 1960,

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remained constant until 40 years later, before decreasing steadily to just below 60%.

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, the same trend was experienced by the youngsters, staying at 30% for the first time and touching a summit in 1970 at 35% but

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continued to decline gradually and surpassed the elderly in the mid-2000s at 20%.

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, there was 5% of individuals in a group aged more than 65 in the initial period and remained stable until 10 years later.

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, in the following years,

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figure skyrocketed from the bottom and reached a peak

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at 30%.

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, data predicted that

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number will rise steadily until 2040.