The line graph depicts data about Japanese people in terms of their age over a 90 years period, from 1960 to 2040, with figures measured in percent.
Overall, it can be seen that the rate of old people significantly increased , whereas the proportion of young and middle-aged citizens sharply declined throughout the period. Another interesting point is that, 25-64 aged individuals were the most common age group in comparison to others.
Looking at the details, persons aged 65+ were the only group, which experienced an upward trend in the whole period. In 1960 the figure for 65+ age group made up approximately 5%. Between 1970 and 2020 there was a gradual growth to 30% out of 100%, also in this period the rate of 65+ year – old people exceeded the percentage of 0-14 year – old population. The period from 2020 to 2030 expected to be the period of stability, where figure was at about 30%, before it will reach a peak at almost 35% in 2040.
When it comes to the 0 – 14 and 25 – 64 age groups, both of them experienced a downward trend. Despite of this, between 1960 and 1970 the figure for young and middle – aged individuals experienced an upward trend and reached 30% and above 65% respectively. Then, the rate of 0-14 year – old persons saw an enormous fall to about 19%, whereas the proportion of 25-64 year old individuals registered a slight decrease, before growing back to its 1970 year rates in 1980, over a 20 years period, from 1970 to 1990. After this, the figure for 0-14 year – olds continued it is downward trend, until it will hit the bottom at 10% in 2040. Also, this trend was true for 25-64 year-old people, but the proportion of this age category will saw a minimal increase to more than 50% in 2040.