The four pie charts compare the proportions of people in three different age groups in Yemen and Italy in 2000, with projections for 2050.
overall, it is evident that the proportion of the population aged 60 and over is expected to increase in both countries, while the percentage of children aged 0-14 is projected to decline over the period
in 2000, 50.1% of the population in Yemen were children aged 0-14, while equivalent figure for Italy was 14.3%. According to projections for 2050, the proportion of children is projected to fall to 37.0% in Yemen and 11.5% in Italy. By contrast, both countries are expected to experience an increase in the share of the population aged 60 and over , from 3.6% to 5.7% in Yemen and from 24.1% to 42.3% in Italy
Additionally,the proportion of the population aged between 15 and 59 in 2000 was 46.3% in Yemen and 61.6% in Italy. However according to projections for 2050 Yemen is expected to sharply increase to 57.3%. On the other hand Italy is projected to decline to 46.2%.