IELTS Graph # 18 - The graph below shows population figures for India and China since the year 2000 and predicted population growth up until 2050. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Graph # 18

 

The graph below shows population figures for India and China since the year 2000 and predicted population growth up until 2050.

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

 

This line graph shows the population count of the countries India and China, from the year 2000 to 2050.

 

Overall, India’s population seems to be ascending at a steady pace, whereas China’s population rate becomes stagnant after a while. A highlight of the graph is that India and China record the same population data in the year 2030.

 

In 2000, China recorded around 1.25 billion people as compared to India that had 1 billion. In the next two decades, China’s population rose steadily, reaching just above 1.4 billion people in 2020, while India’s population curve showed a significant increase of around 0.4 billion.

 

The estimations after 2020 show that on one hand, China’s population remained somewhere around 1.45 billion till 2035, after which the numbers started falling slightly, reaching 1.4 billion by 2050. On the other hand, India’s population rose rapidly reaching 1.6 billion in 2050. It was in 2030, that India and China both had 1.45 billion people living in their countries.

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