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IELTS Academic Task 1: Table — Population & health
Original practice prompt written in exam style — not a real exam question, and not a prediction.
The table below gives population data for five countries. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. The data is as follows. Japan: population 125 million, life expectancy 84.6 years, 92% of people living in urban areas. Canada: 38 million, 82.4 years, 82% urban. Germany: 83 million, 81.7 years, 78% urban. Brazil: 214 million, 75.9 years, 87% urban. Egypt: 104 million, 72.0 years, 43% urban. Brazil has by far the largest population, while Japan combines the second-largest population of the five with the highest life expectancy and the highest level of urbanisation. Egypt is the clear outlier, with the lowest life expectancy and the only population that is mostly rural.
Examiner focus: Pick out the extremes column by column, then note the pairings — Japan first on two measures, Egypt last on two.
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