The charts show the populations of Yemen and Italy by age groups in 2000 and estimation in 2050

Looking at Yemens population, it is clear that old people accounted for half of the total residents, followed by 15-59 years age group with 46.3%, leaving the children under 14 years old at only an insignificant amount of 3.6%. However, after the 50 years period, this proportion is predicted to change with a significant growth in the 15-59 years age group, taking over the majority of the population by over a half. The former leading group decreased dramatically to just slightly over a third of the population.

Moving to Italy, the pattern is different with 15-59 years old people being the largest group with 61.6%. People under14 years old and over 60 years old stand in the second and third position with 24.1% and 14.3% respectively. The projection for 2050 shows a remarkable decline in the number of leading group, whereas the 0-14 years old category, which is the smallest population in Yemen, almost doubled that amount in 2000.

In conclusion, there is no correlation between the populations of 2 countries. However, both show a decrease in the number of 60+ years old people and a growth in the number of children under 14 years old.

Most people agree that sports help to improve the overall well being of people to some extent. However, investing in sports facilities to improve public health is a controversial idea, and that there are a number of contradictory arguments. This essay will discuss both side of the debate and give a concluding view.

On the one hand, having all the infrastructure and equipment being in place seems to ignite peoples excitement to exercises and practice regularly. Since there are new and modern facilities to be installed in the nearby living areas, people will be curious and eager to try new things, thus increasing their enthusiasm for sports. Another argument is the amount of time saving to travel to sports centers. In todays fast moving world, most people struggle to find time for exercising, hence having the facilities ready to use within a nearby distance seems to be an ideal option for those who are in time shortage.

By contrast, opponents of this view argue that installing more facilities is only a superficial solution. By this we mean that the excitement for trying out new things can only last for a short-period of time, thus without a real encouragement or motivation from inside, it seems that people tend to revert back to their old habits, leaving these infrastructure to be unused. This then lead us onto another factor; perhaps the most significant drawback to sports investment, which is the waste of money. Not all people prefer exercising in public or practicing with equipment, therefore putting a large amount of money into one basket can lessen the opportunities to establish others, perhaps more effective measures such as promoting the health benefits of sports or giving voucher to leisure centers.

To summary, it seems unreasonable to spend a large budget on sports facilities while this does not suit the interests of some people or only brings a contemporary result to the public, and a coordinated solutions needs to be considered in order to achieve a healthy community.