The bar chart illustrates population trends globally by percentage from 1950 to 2040.
Sample Response
The yielded line bar charts demonstrate the percentage of urban and rural areas population trends and age-wise worldwide trends between 1950 and 2040.
Overall, it can be clearly seen that total and urban population rose will continue additionally, age group 15 to 65 people number was higher than others, and it will continue to jump up.
For area wise trends, in 1950, the total population was one in the tenth percentage, it increased dramatically, and after 70 years it was 40%. It is forecast thatAnd it will take forecasting that in 2040, it will reachit touched a peak of about 44%its zenith point on account of 44%. The rural population proportionRural areas population proportion was only 4%, and it is projected to rise slightly to about 6% by 2040will remain unchanged till 2040. Moreover, about 6%a half one in the tenth percentile of the population was urbanin the Urban side, and this figure grew to about 25% by 2020which grew later in 2020, is a quarter percentage, and after two decades, it is projected to have risen by about 12 percentage pointsafter two decades, it rose 14%.
Regarding age trendsForage trends, the proportions of people under 15 and over 65juveniles and golden-ager proportion were different in 1950were the same in 1950, and later throughout the period, the two proportions followed different patternsboth percentages were identical. After 2020, the proportions change only slightlyAfter 2020 it will remain unchanged although the under-15 share was about 5% in 1960the former touched its peak in 1960 whereas the latter one reached its lowest point in the same yeartouched dip insane years. It is predicted that in 2040 the under-15 proportion will be about 6%the percentage will be 6%. Furthermore, age group 15 to 65 age groups had 7% which was same till 1960 but, later it goes upwards and will be 35% in 2040.
Why this response received Band 5.0
The response has a recognisable structure and its overview identifies the dominant rises in total, urban, and working-age populations. However, several descriptions are inaccurate or unclear, especially the claims that rural figures remain unchanged and that the two younger and older groups stay identical, while frequent awkward constructions obscure comparisons. Prioritise using simple, grammatical sentences anchored to exact years and values from each chart.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Achievement
A relevant overview and some key figures are included, but several trends and comparisons are misstated or insufficiently clear.
Report exact start and end values and distinguish the fluctuating rural line from the separate under-15 and over-65 paths.
Coherence and Cohesion
The response follows an overview-and-details structure, but long, poorly controlled sentences weaken progression and referencing.
Group each chart's main trends into short comparison sentences with clear subjects and chronological sequencing.
Lexical Resource
There is some range in trend vocabulary, but frequent inappropriate choices and collocations make descriptions imprecise.
Prefer standard chart language such as rose to, remained broadly stable, peaked, and fell to.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
Frequent errors in agreement, tense, articles, clause structure, and punctuation sometimes make meaning difficult to recover.
Build each comparison around one controlled subject-verb pattern before adding a time or value clause.
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1
The bar chart illustrates population trends globally by percentage from 1950 to 2040.
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