Practice question · Estimate
Estimate the percentage of Spain’s population aged 65 and over in recent years.
Estimate on a scale from 5 per cent (5) to 40 per cent (40).
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- The lesson gives it as a fraction rather than a percentage.
- Roughly one person in five.
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20 (answers within ±3 count)
Why
About 20 per cent, on recent INE figures, and projected to rise steeply as the large cohorts born in the 1960s and early 1970s reach 65. The exact figure moves a few tenths a year, which is why it is worth remembering as a fraction rather than a decimal.
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