You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The table below shows information about the population of New Zealand from 2011 to 2012 by age group. Summarize the formation by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The table provides key information about the inhabitants of New Zealand between 2011 and 2012 based on age.

Overall

, it can be seen that there was an

increase

in the

number

of people regardless of their ages, in 2012 than in 2011.

In addition

, the population of age under 15 and from 15 to 39 experienced a decline, in 2012,

whereas

the other two groups of inhabitants saw an

increase

.

According to

what is shown, there was a minor

increase

in the

number

of all ages, in 2012 compared to 2011 by .6%.

In addition

, the

number

of individuals under 15 was 898.160, in 2011, which slightly declined by .2%, in 2012.

Moreover

, there was another decrease in the

number

of population from 15 to 39, which was equivalent to the previous decrease of adolescents under 15, at .2%. In terms of ages 40 to 64, 1331.907 was their

number

, in 2011, which roughly rose to 1339.898, in 2012. Regarding people of 65 and above, there was a big

increase

in their

number

, in 2012 by 4% in comparison to 2011.