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 provided bar chart illustrates the number of

people

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who were born and died in Switzerland from 1970 to 2020, in a period of 50 years.

Overall

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, it can be seen that the birth rate stayed constant in the beginning and

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this

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figure increased dramatically in the following years.

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, the death rate showed an upward trend from 1970 to 1990. Afterwards, a marginal decline took place in the year 1990 to 2020.

To begin

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with, the number of Swiss

people

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who were born was approximately 1.2

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in both 1970 and the

last

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decade.

Subsequently

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, there was a sharp rise in the following years and

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amount reached its highest level in 2020, with nearly 3.2

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.

This

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figure was around three times more than that in 1970.

On the other hand

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, the amount of

people

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dying in Switzerland was 0.2

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less than those born, with 1

million

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.

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, a slight growth in the number of deceased

people

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occurred in the first three decades and

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a peak of 1.5

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in 1990, followed by a rapid decrease over the next 30-year period.