The given line graph provides information about the alterations in age bracket of China’s population from 1960 and is estimated to change by 2050 with 10-year intervals. Units are given in percentages.
Overall, the proportion of people in the 15-64 and 65+ age groups has increased and is set to grow by the end of the given period, while the reverse was and will be true for 0-14 age range. Additionally, although the largest share of population is predicted to be in the 15-64 age category, the smallest portion will be in 0-14 age group.
Considering the 15-64 and 0-14 age group’s population, the latter had the largest portion of people accounting for virtually 42,4 % in 1960. Despite this, it plunged to practically 20% in 2020 and is projected to drop to 17,5 % in 2050. Meanwhile, even though the figure for 15-64 age group was comparatively low, it reached its all-time high of 70% in 2020 and will witness a marginal decline with just about 52,5% of people in 2050.
As for the population of 65+ age group, it had the smallest proportion of people in the beginning of the given period and had approximately 5% of people in 1960. It nearly levelled out for about 50 years with roughly 8% in 2010 and is predicted to surge and reach almost 28% of people surpassing the population of 0-14 age group in 2050.