The figure shows demographic trends in Scotland. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main feature.

The provided line graph depicts information about the proportion of the

birth

rate

in Scotland in a

period

of time between 1940 with the perspective of 2030. Units are measured in percentage. From an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that despite all the fluctuations the

Birth

and

Population

growth

rates are going to gradually decrease,

whereas

the Death

rate

has tended to rise. At the beginning of the given

period

, the

birth

rate

commenced with the

rate

of quarter. The

birth

data for Scotland from that point started to fluctuate and from 1960 year when indices equalled 20%, the

growth

of the

population

started drastically

drop

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with expectations to reach a mere 5% in 2040. The

Population

Growth

Rate

has a similar negative trend. There is

noticeable

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abrupt surge in the

period

between 1950 and 1960 years when the

Growth

rate

indices reached 15%, though there was a gradual dropping process which equalled nil in 2004. There was a peak point equalled 15% in the 1940 year for the Death

rate

, which started drastically dropping from that

period

.

As a result

in 2000, it reached an insignificant minority of nearly 5%, though from 2010 to 2040 there was an expectation of increasing in the death of the

population

.