The table below gives information about the population of New Zealand between 2011 and 2012

The table shows data about the number of

people

in four categories in New

Zealand

in two particular years: 2011 and 2012.

Overall

,

it is clear that

although

there was a downward trend, the

population

of

people

aged between 15 and 39 were highest in both 2011 and 2012.

In addition

, the

figure

for

people

in 40-64 and 65+ groups and the total

population

in New

Zealand

showed an upward trend,

whereas

the number of the other two categories presented an opposite pattern. In 2011, the

figure

for

people

aged between 15 and 39 stood at 1520000 which was the largest group in New

Zealand

and

then

decreased to 1500000 in 2012 with a decrease

rate

of -0.2%. The same decline

rate

was seen for

people

aged under 15, the

figure

for it fell from 801750 in 2011 to 80000 in 2012. The total

population

in New

Zealand

showed a slight increase

rate

(+0.6%), growing from 4400000 in 2011 to 4460000 in 2012. The

population

of

people

aged over 40 rose between 2011 and 2012, and it was particularly noticeable for

people

over 65 with an increased

rate

of +4.0%, which was much higher than that of the 40-64 group (-0.6%). The number of the second largest group,

people

aged between 40 and 64, rose from 1400000 in 2011 to 1460000 in 2012,

while

the

figure

for

people

over 65 dramatically rose from 500000 to 900000.