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The population of China grew drastically. Do you agree or disagree ?

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The bar graph presents details regarding Switzerland’s
birth
 and mortality
rates
 according to United Nations statistics. The chart compares data from 1970 to 2020, with prediction until 2025. Overall, it is clear that the country’s
birth
rates
 had an increasing trend from the start until the end of the survey. Meanwhile, death
rates
 had a growing trend for two decades, whereas in the latter figure, it gradually declined. In detail, there was a slight decrease in Switzerland’s
birth
rates
 from 1975 to 1985, starting at around 1.3
million
 in the
first
 year of study and went down to roughly 1.1
million
 ten years later. By 1995, the rate gradually went up
then
 it continuously rose its figure until 2015 with approximately 3
million
birth
 records. By 2025, the projection skyrocketed, reaching a peak of almost 3.5
million
.
By comparison
,
this
 figure was almost three times as much as that recorded in the beginning of the study. Meanwhile, there was a steady increase in death
rates
 in the country for succeeding two decades, it registered its highest point with 1.5
million
 in 1995.
However
, the mortality
rates
 declined moderately from 2005 until 2015 with more than 1
million
. By the final year of the survey, the 2025 forecast recorded its lowest rate with more than half
million
. WORD COUNT: 215 TIME: 19mins
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