The two pie charts below show the marital status of the populations of Canada and Australia.

The two pie charts given illustrate a comparison of the marital status of the two nations:

Canada

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and

Australia

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, revealing several key similarities and differences in how citizens are classified.

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, the most notable difference is a significantly higher proportion of married people in

Australia

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compared to

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,

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the

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population shows a much larger share of representatives classified as “Separated but not divorced”. In

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, the dominant category is “Separated but not divorced”, accounting for 53%.

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figure is significantly higher than the equivalent Australian category, which only makes up 41% of the total.

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, the “Married” segment in the Australian chart is twice as big as the

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figure, amounting to 46%. Considering other statuses, the populations show more parity. In both countries, being divorced accounts for a small minority, at 1% in

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and 2% in

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.

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, the proportion of widowed individuals makes up a relatively small share, at 7% and 6% respectively. One distinction is the inclusion of the category “Same sex marriage" in the

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data at 3%, a status not separately reported in

Australia

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.

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, the

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chart includes a “Never married” segment at 7%, which appears to be categorised under “Single” in the Australian statistic, which stands at 5%.