The graph below gives information about changes in the birth and death rates in New Zealand between 1901 and 2101. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

Historical and forecasted trends in the

birth

and

death

rates in New Zealand

since

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from

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1901

till

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to

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2201 are illustrated in the line graph below.

Overall

, looking at the graph, it is noted that the opposing trends in the

birth

and

death

rates will be reversed in around 2041; in which the

death

rate

is expected to overtake the

birth

rate

after that year. The

birth

rate

has shown an upturn trend from the start of the period

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analysis till the present day; standing at 20,000

births

in 1901 and increasing to

peak

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a peak

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at 66,0000

births

in 1961. Since

then

fluctuations in the

birth

rate

between 65,000

births

and 50,000

births

have been noted. The

birth

rate

is expected to decline slowly to reach 45,000

births

by the end of the century. On the other side of the spectrum, at the beginning of the

period

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the

death

rate

stood below 20,000 and witnessed a steady increase till the present day. A more rapid increase in the

death

rate

is expected to happen between 2021 and 2051. After that year, the

rate

will be probably stabilized at around 60,000 before dropping slightly in 2101.