The presented line graph illustrates the percentage of people older than 65 in the
three countries USA, Sweden and Japan between 1940 and 2040. The overall trend
in all three countries is an estimated significant increase in older inhabitants until
2040.
The USA started out with the highest amount of older population in 1940 at
approximately nine percent, whereas Japan just had five percent and Swedens’
number laid in the middle of both of them with about seven percent. Sweden had a
constant increase in numbers until it reached 20 % in about 2010, however, there is
an estimated drop in numbers shown in-between then and 2030 before it
supposedly will gain its peak with 25 % in 2040. The USA showed a climb to 15% in
1980, but the numbers settled on a plateau after a slight fall until 2020. The number
is supposed to rise up again to 23 % in 2040.
Different to both other countries, Japan's number of older people stayed very low-
beneath 5 %- until after 2000 before it started to rise tremendously and is assumed
to be the one country with the highest amount of seniors in 2040 with 27%.
The presented line graph illustrates the percentage of
people
older
than 65 in the
three
countries
USA, Sweden and Japan between 1940 and 2040. The
overall
trend
in all three
countries
is an estimated significant increase in
older
inhabitants until
2040.
The USA
started
out with the highest amount of
older
population in 1940 at
approximately nine percent, whereas Japan
just
had five percent and
Swedens
’
number
laid in the middle of both of them with about seven percent. Sweden had
a
constant increase in
numbers
until it reached 20 % in about 2010,
however
, there is
an estimated drop in
numbers
shown in-between then and 2030
before
it
supposedly
will gain its peak with 25 % in 2040. The USA
showed
a climb to 15%
in
1980,
but
the
numbers
settled on a plateau after a slight fall until 2020. The
number
is
supposed to rise up again to 23 % in 2040.
Different
to both other
countries
, Japan's
number
of
older
people
stayed
very
low-
beneath 5 %- until after 2000
before
it
started
to rise
tremendously
and
is assumed
to
be the one
country
with the highest amount of seniors in 2040 with 27%.