Band 6+: The graph below shows the changes in the maximum number of Asian elephants between 1994 and 2007. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The graph shows the estimated highest population of elephants in nine different Asian countries. Overall, India had the highest number of elephants and except in Cambodia and Laos, the number of elephants declined noticeably.

According to the picture, elephants in most of the nations on the list fell in 2004 than that of earlier 1997. This was more prevalent in Malaysia and Thailand where the ratio of this species dropped to less than half the figure in 1997. In the former, the number of elephants fell as low as 1000.

India remained the country with by far the largest elephant population but experienced a dramatic decline in the tally of elephants in seven years. China had the lowest number of elephants which was a thousand only and this decreased to half of that in seven years. Although the trend was downward overall, the elephant population in Laos and Vietnam remained almost the same, just over a thousand. The only country where the elephant population grew was Cambodia, where the number increased by 200.