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The chart below gives information about the UK's ageing population in 1985 and makes predictions for 2035.

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The chart below gives information about the UK's ageing population in 1985 and makes predictions for 2035.
The given bar chart illustrates the United
kingdom
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Kingdom's
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 ageing
population
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 between 1985
to
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and
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 2030 and make forecast for
upcoming
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the upcoming
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 years.
Ovrall
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Overall
, there is
anupward
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an upward
 trend in the
percentage
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 of age brackets in England
, wales
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and Wales,
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 as
trend
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the trend
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decline
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declines
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 slightly in other states in
2030
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2030,
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while
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 there
is
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are
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 insignificant fluctuations in retirement age across all cities. In detail,
percentage
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 of old people in England was about 15% in 1985 and its was projected in 2030 were about 23 percent.
However
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, in
Wales
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Wales,
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people above age of
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the percentage of people aged
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 65
percentage
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 was 16% in
1985
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1985,
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 as the figure increased notably in 2030 and reached a point
around
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of around
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 26 percent. In Scotland,
elderly
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the elderly
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people
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apply
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population
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 figures
was
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were
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 about 14
percent
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per cent
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 in
1985
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1985,
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 as it stood at exactly at 25percent in 2030. As for more,
working
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the working
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agening
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age
population
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 was about 10% in 1985 in Northern
ireland
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Ireland
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 as the measures
grow
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grew
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 remarkably in the next consecutive years and hit a
percentage
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 of 23% in 2030.
Whereas
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, in
UK
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the UK
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 ageing
population
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 was
same
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the same
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 as
with the
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in
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 England in 1985
was
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, which was
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 about 15%.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words population, percentage with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figure" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 5 times.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • ageing population
  • demographics
  • elderly
  • projections
  • trends
  • working-age population
  • health care system
  • pension schemes
  • labor market
  • economic implications
  • societal measures
  • technological advancements
  • dependancy ratio
  • retirement age
  • social services
  • fiscal strain
  • age brackets
  • youthful population
  • population pyramid
  • longevity
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