IELTS graph 295 - Catholics residing in different nations
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IELTS Academic Writing Task 1/ Graph Writing - Bar Chart/ Column Graph:
You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.
The graph below gives information about the number of Catholics residing in different nations, during 2010-2013.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
You should write at least 150 words.
Estimated number of Catholics per nation
Sample Answer:
The bar chart enumerates the number of Catholic residents in six different countries between 2010 and 2013. A glance at the graph reveals that the Philippines had the highest number of Catholics during 2010 and 2013.
It can be clearly observed that approximately 76 million Catholics stayed in the Philippines in 2010 and this number reduced after three years to nearly 72 million. It is worth noticing that the number of Catholics in the Philippines were significantly higher than any other country. In fact, Catholics in China, India, Vietnam, Korea and Japan cumulatively made a figure which was less than half of the total Catholics in the Philippines in both years.
Looking further, 9 million Chinese nationals were Catholics while this number was 1.5 million higher in India in 2010. The number of Catholic residents in China and India improved substantially, by 6 and 9 million unlike Vietnam, Korea and the Philippines, where their number actually descended. Vietnam and Korea each had around 5 million Catholic residents in 2013. While their number of Vietnam dipped marginally, it was a dramatic dip in Korea. The least number of Catholic resided in Japan, roughly 0.4 to 0.6 million.
Overall, it is obvious that the Philippines had the largest figure in terms of the Catholic population, which was significantly higher than all the other five countries. Moreover, the total population of this creed increased in China and India while decreased in the Philippines and Korea.
As mentioned, with over 70 million Catholic residents, the Philippines stood on the top of the list, despite a drop of almost 4 million after three years. The data also suggests that there was a considerable rise in the number of Catholics in China and India, as their figures almost doubled after 3 years. In 2013, China and India had 15 and 19 million Catholic residents, respectively.
Additionally, Vietnam and Korea had slightly over 5 million Catholics in 2010. While Vietnam saw a slight decrease after 3 years, Catholic residents in Korea dipped to one-fourth. The country that had the lowest figure, Japan, had between 400 and 509 thousand Catholic residents throughout the period.
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