The given table presents data on New Zealand’s 
population
 across different Use synonyms
age
 groups for the years 2011 and 2012.
Use synonyms
Overall
, it is evident that the elderly Linking Words
population
 saw a significant increase, Use synonyms
while
 other Linking Words
age
 groups experienced relatively minor changes. Notably, the 15-39 Use synonyms
age
 Use synonyms
group
 constituted the largest segment of New Zealand’s Use synonyms
population
 in both years.
In 2011, the 15-39 Use synonyms
age
 Use synonyms
group
 was the largest, with 1.52 Use synonyms
million
 people. The 40-64 Use synonyms
age
 Use synonyms
group
 followed, comprising 1.4 Use synonyms
million
 people. The Use synonyms
population
 of those under 15 stood at approximately 800,000, Use synonyms
while
 those over 65 had the smallest Linking Words
population
 at around 500,000.
Between 2011 and 2012, the Use synonyms
population
 of the 15-39 Use synonyms
age
 Use synonyms
group
 decreased slightly by 0.2%, to 1.5 Use synonyms
million
. Use synonyms
Similarly
, the under-15 Linking Words
group
 Use synonyms
also
 saw a 0.2% decline, reducing its number to 800,000. Linking Words
In contrast
, the 40-64 Linking Words
age
 Use synonyms
group
 experienced a rise of 0.6%, reaching 1.46 Use synonyms
million
. The most notable change was in the over-65 Use synonyms
age
 Use synonyms
group
, which saw a significant increase of 4%, bringing its Use synonyms
population
 to 900,000.
Use synonyms
This
 substantial rise in the elderly Linking Words
population
 indicates a demographic shift towards an Use synonyms
aging
 Change the spelling
ageing
population
 in New Zealand, Use synonyms
while
 the other Linking Words
age
 groups showed only minor fluctuations.Use synonyms