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

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proportion

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of the

population

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aged 65 and above between 1940 and 2040 in the US, Sweden, and Japan.

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, the

proportion

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of the

population

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in the three different countries has

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risen until the present.

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predictions, the

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will continue increasing until 2040. First of all, in the cases of the US and Sweden, their figures were similar to each other from 1940 to just before 2000; they both rose around 6

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points during

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period.

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both patterns started changing around the 1990s. On the one hand, the figure of the US slightly dropped 1

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point around the 1980s, and remained steady at 14 per

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. Until nearly 2020, the

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started climbing again. In 2040, the

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of the

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will reach its peak at 23 per

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.

On the other hand

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, the

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of people aged 65 and over in Sweden rose from 1990 to 2015, beginning with 13 per

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and ending with 20 per

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. As forecast, the rate will rise to 25 per

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in 2040.

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, the

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of Japanese elderly people dropped 1 to 2

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points between 1940 and 1960. Afterwards, the

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remained the same

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30 years. From the 1990s to the present, the rate has started growing, beginning from 4 per

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to 10 per

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. As predicted, the

proportion

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of the

population

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aged 65 and above in Japan will increase rapidly until 2040.