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 statistics present the number of people in every age group in New Zealand in 2011 and 2012. In general, the population has increased from 2011 to 2012.

Besides

,

according to

the table, we can observe there was a declining birthrate and an ageing population. In 2011, the figure for people of all ages was 4381269. The next year, it became 4410284 and

thus

it rose by 0.6%. Young groups, respectively New Zealanders aged under 15 and 15-39, of which 15-39 year-old youngsters comprised the major proportion of the population.

Besides

, the former body's number was 898160, and the latter was 1577256. They both drop the next year, with a figure of 896364 and 1574102.

Next,

the middle-aged group,

that is

, 40-64-year-old adults had a figure of 1331907 in 2011 and

then

it climbed by 0.6%.

Similarly

, the oldest group aged 65 plus rose up and it became from 573946 to 596903.

Moreover

, the rising range of the number was the largest among other ages.