BAND 7.0 IELTS ESSAY SAMPLE: ANALYZING POPULATION AGE TRENDS IN ICELAND FROM 1990 - 2020

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The graph gives information about the age of the population of Iceland between 1990 and 2020.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Essay Sample

The bar chart demonstrates the population age of Iceland in 5 age groups in the years of 1990, 2000, 2010 and as recent as 2020.
At first glance, the significantly higher percentage of population of people between 25 and 54 years old and its gradual growth in all depicted years is noticeable since the all other age groups are evident to have downward trends. The incremental trend started at 1990 with more than 30% and reached 49% in 2020.
With regards to younger residents of Iceland, a gradual decrease was visible throughout the span of 30 years, from 21 to 7% and from 27 to 17% for 15-24 and 0-14 age group, respectively.
The bars representing 55-64 age group showed relatively small and negligible changes, fluctuating between 10% and 13%. The population of the oldest group of people had the same trend, starting from 10% in 1990 and reaching the climax of 15% in 2010.