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Friday, May 6, 2016

Ielts Academic Writing task 1 - The Graph below shows the proportion of population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.

The Graph below shows the proportion of population aged 65 and over between 1940 and 2040 in three different countries.




The given line graph depicts comparable changes in ratio of individuals aged 65 and older in Japan, The USA, Switzerland.

The ratio of senior citizens in population of USA was about 9% in 1940. The changes in the demographic trends indicate clearly that the ratio older people in the population is set to rise to about 23% by 2040 even though the population of old people stabilized at 15% in 1980, and in fact is expected to decline marginally till 2020.

Similarly, the ratio of the old people in the Switzerland is also expected register a rise of approximately 19% by 2040 – from about 7% in 1940 to 26% in 2040.

On the other hand, even though the ratio of aged Japanese was lowest in 1940 – 5%, and it further declined to below 5% till 1990, it is expected to rise more than five folds in corresponding period, to more than 27%.


The proportion of old people would rise in all the 3 countries in the quoted 100 period.