The graph below gives information about changes in the birth and death rates in New Zealand between 1901 and 2101.

The line graph summarizes the data about the changes in the

birth

and

death

rates

in New Zealand over a 200-year period from 1901 to 2101.

Overall

, what is worth mentioning is the constant rise in the number of demises that started in the year

of

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2001.

While

the

death

percentage is forecast to increase,

birth

rates

are expected to change in a reversed direction till the end of the given time frame. To start with, both

death

and

birth

indicators demonstrated growth in the first half of the given period. Though the changes consisted mostly of moderate ups and downs for the

death

estimates, the

birth

estimates showed rapid changes in most of the years. The

birth

rates

reached

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peak in 1961, increasing by an approximate percentage of 45%.

Death

rates

,

on the other hand

, had risen by almost 20% by the end of 2001. From 2001 onward,

death

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percentage showed

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increase which is believed to be going up, even with faster speed.

According to

estimations, the

death

numbers are expected to hit its biggest change and reach 60% by 2061.

On the contrary

,

birth

rates

are forecast to go down gradually and stay right above 40%

at the end

of 2101.