The line graph compares the percentage of elderly people from 3 countries (Japan, Sweden and the USA) over a period of 6 years between 1940 and 2040.
Overall, there was a rise in the rate of people from the age of 65 and above between 1940 and 2020, and following that an increase is predicted for all countries from 2020 to 2040. At the start of the period, the USA had the highest percentage of people aged 65 and over, which is predicted to be replaced by Japan in 2040.
In 1960, the proportion of elderly people was just under 10%. The figures for Sweden and the USA were lower, at about 7% and 5% respectively. There was a slight increase in the percentage of elderly people from the USA from about 9% to 10% and from Sweden from around 7% to about 8% between 1940 and 1960, whereas Japan experienced a change with about a half decrease in the same years.
The line graph compares the percentage of elderly
people
from 3 countries (Japan, Sweden and the USA) over a period of 6 years between 1940 and 2040.
Overall
, there was a rise in the rate of
people
from the age of 65 and above between 1940 and 2020, and following that an increase
is predicted
for all countries from 2020 to 2040. At the
start
of the period, the USA had the highest percentage of
people
aged 65 and over, which
is predicted
to
be replaced
by Japan in 2040.
In 1960, the proportion of elderly
people
was
just
under 10%. The figures for Sweden and the USA
were
lower, at about 7% and 5%
respectively
. There was a slight increase in the percentage of elderly
people
from the USA from about 9% to 10% and from Sweden from around 7% to about 8% between 1940 and 1960, whereas Japan experienced a
change
with about a half decrease in the same years.