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.

The line graph illustrates the

birth

and death rates' changes in New Zealand after 1901 and predicts these patterns up to 2101.

Overall

, these conflicting patterns indicate that the death

rate

will exceed the

birth

rate

by 2035 and establish a wide gap between the two levels by the end of the century. Since 1901, the

birth

rate

has been steadily higher than the death

rate

. It started at around 20,000 and exploded

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the record in 1961 at 65,000. The

rate

has since oscillated between 50 thousand and 60 thousand, with the lowest at approximately 49,500 in 1982 and the highest

rate

at 61,000 in 1991. It is estimated to fall off gradually to about 44,000 births by the beginning of the 22nd century.

Although

birth

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rate

started at

such

a high number in 1901, the mortality

rate

began below 10,000 and has risen steadily to the present day.

This

rise is expected to be more precipitous from 2020 to 2051 when the

rate

will perhaps settle at roughly 60,000 before dropping marginally in 2101