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The statistics illustrate the information and predictions regarding the change in the proportion of the population over a 65 years old in three nations (Canada, Germany, and the UK) over 42-year period, starting from 1988. Overall, what is notable from the chart is that the proportion of the population over 65 aged in all three nations witnessed an increase. Germany consistently had the highest percentage, whereas the UK consistently recorded the lowest figure. At the start of the period, in 1988, Germany started with the highest elderly people at 20.35%, and emerged as the leading category. Slightly below was Canada, with 16.45% people aged 65, while the figure for the UK is considerably different from 14.25%. Thereafter, Germany experienced a significant rise in the elderly proportion with sharply climbing to 25.53% in 2000, this figure was 5.12% lower than the 2030 prediction, still ranking first for the entire period. Similarly, the elderly people in Canada recorded a rise from 20.65% in 2000 to 26.35%, remaining as the second highest percentage aged 65 and above. In contrast with Canada, this age group in the UK rose minimally to 14.80% in 2000, before a noticeable climbed to 20.45% in the final year.