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

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

Overall

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

then

this

figure increased dramatically in the following years.

Additionally

, 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

with, the number of Swiss

people

who were born was approximately 1.2

million

in both 1970 and the

last

decade.

Subsequently

, there was a sharp rise in the following years and

this

amount reached its highest level in 2020, with nearly 3.2

million

.

This

figure was around three times more than that in 1970.

On the other hand

, the amount of

people

dying in Switzerland was 0.2

million

less than those born, with 1

million

.

However

, a slight growth in the number of deceased

people

occurred in the first three decades and

then

a peak of 1.5

million

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