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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.
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The given bar graph illustrates data about birth and death shares between 1975 and 2025 in Switzerland as stated by United Nations statistics. The units were measured in millions every decade.
Overall
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, it can be clearly seen that the number of babies born increased gradually,
whereas
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 the death
rate
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 grew slightly before decreasing until the end of the period. As the bar graph shows, the figure for the birth
rate
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 stood at 1.3
million
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 in 1975 and was unchanged in 1985, in
this
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 year the number of deaths was higher than the birth
rate
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. Afterwards, the
rate
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 experienced a gradual rise starting in 1995 and reached its highest point in the
last
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 year at 3.2
million
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. Regarding the death
rate
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, in 1975 the number began at 1
million
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 and reached a peak in 1995 at 1.5
million
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.
Subsequently
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, starting in 2005 the
rate
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 dropped slightly until 0.8
million
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 in 2025, the lowest point throughout the given period.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words rate, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "give" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "gradually" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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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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