The chart below gives information about birth and death rates in Switzerland from 1970 to 2020 according to United Nations statistics. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart below gives information about birth and death rates in Switzerland from 1970 to 2020 according to United Nations statistics. 

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The bar chart illustrates how many babies were born and how many people died in Switzerland over a
period
of 50 years. The data was provided by United Nations and units are calculated in millions of people.
Overall
, the number of births went up gradually from the beginning of the
period
until 2020,
whereas
figures for deaths fluctuated throughout the given
period
in question. The chart demonstrates that in the first decade, 1970, childbirth stood at approximately 1.2
million
until 1980 which was the lowest point of it during the given
period
. In comparison with natality rates, mortality rates increased substantially till 1990 (from 1
million
to 1.5
million
),
however
, the upward trend was broken in 2000.
While
delivery numbers almost tripled
at the end
of the given time, the count of passing people dipped considerably to reach about 0.75
million
. The death count was dominated by the birth count roughly in all decades.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • birth rate
  • death rate
  • fluctuation
  • demographic
  • peak
  • trough
  • trend
  • incremental
  • statistical
  • longitudinal
  • population growth
  • life expectancy
  • fertility rate
  • mortality rate
  • aging population
  • demographic shift
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