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 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

, it can be clearly seen that the number of babies born increased gradually,

whereas

the death

rate

grew slightly before decreasing until the end of the period. As the bar graph shows, the figure for the birth

rate

stood at 1.3

million

in 1975 and was unchanged in 1985, in

this

year the number of deaths was higher than the birth

rate

. Afterwards, the

rate

experienced a gradual rise starting in 1995 and reached its highest point in the

last

year at 3.2

million

. Regarding the death

rate

, in 1975 the number began at 1

million

and reached a peak in 1995 at 1.5

million

.

Subsequently

, starting in 2005 the

rate

dropped slightly until 0.8

million

in 2025, the lowest point throughout the given period.