The line graph shows the birth rate, population growth rate and death rate from 1940 until 2020 in Scotland. The three different variables are measured in percentages

The line graph shows the birth rate, population growth rate and death rate from 1940 until 2020 in Scotland. The three different variables are measured in percentages
The line chart illustrates the percentage of Scottish fertility, demographic growth and mortality across the period of 1940 to 2020.
Overall
, it is evident that all rates exhibited a downward trend. Focusing on the Scottish birth
rate
,
it
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started as the highest
rate
at 2.5% and continued to reduce significantly to be surpassed by the death
rate
at roughly 0.5% in the late 2010s, before a slight drop until 2020.
Similarly
, the percentage of mortality in Scotland stood at around 1.5%,
then
declined moderately to just below 0.5% in the following two decades.
Following
this
, it experienced a slight fluctuation within the range of 0.3% to 0.7% throughout the remaining years. Turning to the growth
rate
of population in Scotland, the figure began at below 1%, before reaching the tough of approximately 0.5% in 1945. After that, it turned to outweigh the
rate
of death at 1% in the year 1950 and climbed to peak at 1.5% five years later.
Next,
the
rate
continued to decrease to fall under the mortality
rate
at about 3% in 1990, before hitting 0 in the early 2000s until 2020.
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