The graph below gives information about changes in the birth and death rates in New Zealand between 1901 and 2101.Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

This

line graph shows how New

Zealand

's

birth

and death rates have changed over the two-hundred-year period from 1901 to 2101.

It is clear that

in New

Zealand

births have exceeded deaths over

this

past time.

However

,

this

trend may be reversed in 2041. In 1901, New

Zealand

's

birth

rate

was around 20/000s, which was more than twice as high as the death

rate

. 20 years later, there was a noticeable change. The

birth

rate

fell by 5/000s,

while

the death

rate

saw an increase of a similar magnitude. The

birth

rate

peaked at about 65/000s in approximately 1961, but

then

it

also

shows a significant decline in 1981, at about 15/000s, to 50/000s.

By contrast

, the mortality

rate

, which continued to move higher over the time shown, fluctuated negligibly. The figure for births in New

Zealand

fluctuates as well but remains generally higher than the figure for deaths until 2041. After 2041, the number of deaths overtakes the number of births, and the discrepancy between the mortality

rate

and the

birth

rate

is likely to be more than 10/000s.