The line graph illustrates how many people in China’s population will rise across different age groups—0-14, 15-64, and 65+—over nine decades from 1960 to 2050.
Generally, what stands out from the graph is a significant upward trend in the percentage of the 15-64 and 65+ age groups, while the percentage of the 0-14 age group saw a considerable fall over the period in question. Another striking point is that the percentage of the 65+ population age group will rise over the next two decades.
Looking at the details, as regards the percentage of the 15-64 population age group, it started at more than a third, after which there was a significant rise to just over half during the two decades. Despite rising to 70% in 2020, the figure will then fall sharply to nearly half. If we look at the percentage of the 65+ population age group, it started at 5% in 1960. At this point, the percentage leveled off at 6% in 2010. Subsequently, there was a slight increase of less than a quarter over the next ten years. By 2050, the percentage of items will improve to nearly one-third.
By contrast, the percentage of the 0-14 population, it began at nearly two-fifth, and after that, there was a negligible fall over the two decades. Next, there was a slight decline to nearly a third. By 2050, the percentage of items will be decrease sharply to 17%.