The graph below gives information about changes in the birth and death rates in New Zealand between 1901 and 2101.

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and

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rates changed in New Zealand from 1901 to 2101.

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,

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the

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of

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illustrated a steady increase, the

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rate

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had a

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trend over an interval of eleven years. As can be seen from the chart that the

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was approximately 10000s

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the beginning of the period and had more than

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in 1961. Until 2001, the data on the

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of

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continued increasing progressively, reaching just about 30000s.

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the

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goes up dramatically in the period from 2021 to 2061 but after that, it levels off at around 60000s and drops slightly in 2101.

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, the

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was much higher than the

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, it started below

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and reached a peak of more than 60000 in 1961. But the

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of

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fell steadily in 1981 whose number showed 50000s. Since

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, the number of

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has varied between 65000 and 50000 and in 2001, there was a slight rise to nearly 55000.

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, the trend is expected to decline to over 40000 by the end of the century.