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 table chart illustrates how many people were born and died in Switzerland per decade over the 50-year period from 1970.

Overall

, the birth rate followed an upward trend during the whole period, when the number of people who passed away each year changed over time. Beginning with approximately 1.2

million

cases in 1970, the birth rate remained stable until 1980 when started to rise dramatically, reaching more than 2.5

million

at the end

of the 20th century.

While

the figure for death increased consistently from 1 to just behind 1.5

million

over the first 30 years. In the 21st century, the gap between two comparative researched subjects widened over time. The

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of babies born continued to go up moderately by almost 2

million

each ten-year, and reached the highest point of over 3

million

in 2020, tripling the original amount.

On the other hand

, the death number dipped gradually throughout the second half of the course, eventually hitting a low of just 800 , which was around a quarter of the birth number in the same year.