Band 7+: The graph below shows the population of India and China from the year 2000 to the present day with projections for growth to the year 2050. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph demonstrates both factual and predicted increase in the number of populations in India and China between 2000 and 2050.

Overall, it is clearly seen that India’s population is predicted to be larger than China’s. In 2050, where India is predicted to experience a gradual increase in the trend. Meanwhile, China’s population is expected to undergo a slow decline.

Based on the graph, starting at different rates in 2000, China was leading at around 1,250 billion populations. It is anticipated to continue increasing at a slow rate until 2030 where the line graphs coincidentally intersect with one another, leading to India overtaking China’s amount of population. However, China’s number of citizens are forecasted to drop slowly until 2050 at around 1,400 billion citizens.

On the other hand, India began at a low rate of population at around 1,000 billion citizens which gradually increased until 2020, where it overtook China in 2030. And is expected to experience an upward trend until 2050 at approximately 1,600 billion people.