Band 8+: The chart below gives information on the ages of the populations of Yemen and Italy in 2000 and projections for 2050.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features ,and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie graphs display data on the ages of two countries’ people in 2000 and a forecast for 2050.

Overall, it is predicted that the number of the elderly age group will have increased by the end of the period, whilst the proportion of the youngest age group is projected to drop in both nations. The figure for the middle-aged group is forecast to rise in Yemen, but decline in Italy.

To begin, the share of the youngest age group accounted for half of Yemen’s population in 2000, and this is expected to have decreased dramatically to 37% by 2050. The figure for the middle age group in Yemen made up 46.3% in 2000, which is projected to grow significantly in 2050 by 11%. As for the oldest age group, it made up 3.6% in 2000, and this is anticipated to increase steadily up to 5.7% in 2050, remaining the smallest figure during the recorded period.

Turning to Italy, the percentage of children up to 14 years old accounted for 14.3% in 2000, and this is forecasted to decline to just above one in ten in 2050. In contrast, the proportion of those aged 15-59 is predicted to decrease from 61.6% in 2000 to 46.2% in 2050, remaining the largest age category in both years. As regards the people that aged over 60, they made up just below a quarter of the population in 2000, and this is anticipated to rise to 42.3% by the end of the period.