The Graph Shows The Proportion of The Population Aged 65 and Over Between 1940 and 2040 in Three Different Countries

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The graph shows the proportion of the population aged 65

and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different


countries
The graph illustrate the comparison between three different countries USA, Sweed,
and Japan in elderly. Overall, the proportion of three countries going up from 1940 to
2040. In 1940 the percentage of ageing in USA was below 10%, while in Japan was
5%, however, Sweed came between them. In the following years the rate of elderly in
both USA and Sweed increased dramatically and reached a pick by 15% and just
below to nearly 13% respectively. But the rate in Japan decreased slightly over the
same period.It indicates that the percentage of elderly people in all three countries is
expected to increase to almost 25% of the respective populations by the year 2040.In
1940 the proportion of people aged 65 or more stood at only 5% in Japan,
approximately 7% in Sweden and 9% in the US. However, while the figures for the
Western countries grew to about 15% in around 1990, the figure for Japan dipped to
only 25% for much of this period, before rising to almost 5% again at the present
time.In spite of some fluctuation in the expected percentages, the proportion of older
people will probably continue to increase m the next two decades in the three
countries. A more dramatic rise is predicted between 2030 and 2040 in Japan, by
which time it is thought that the proportion of elderly people will be similar in the
three countries.

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