Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and making comparisons where relevant.

The table represents the
population
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census of New Zealand from the year 2011 to 2012. Overall, the entire
population
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had increased by 6 per cent, which was the same rate for 40-64 aged people, from 1,400,000 to 1,460,000. Meanwhile, both under 15 and 15 to 39 categories lowered by 2 per cent. It is noteworthy that from age group below fifteen to 39 got reduced by 2.0%, which shows that the
population
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numbers are going down. The number of elderly people
count
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had significantly grown-up in the country in the
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period.
Furthermore
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all ages status
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rocketed by six-plus per cent. They need to focus on the young adults In summary, the
population
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ratio of New Zealand has moderately increased
although
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the
youngsters
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count had decreased.

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