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 compares data about the

population

of New Zealand between 2011 and 2012 by

age

groups

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group

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.

Overall

, the table illustrates that the

population

of all ages grew,

while

the number of young

people

decreased. Meanwhile, the

figure

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figures

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for

people

in different

age

groups

were relatively stable in the two

year

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years

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, with

people

aged 15 to 39 the most. Looking at the information in more detail, we can see that among all the ages, elderly

people

who were over 65 had the most dramatic rise by 4%. The second highest increase was of

people

who were 40 to 64 years old, which was 0.6%,

same

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with

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the

rise

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rate of the whole

population

.

In contrast

, the number of

people

who are under 39 dropped by 0.2%. In terms of the

population

of

people

of different

age

groups

,

it is clear that

the

figure

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figures

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for

people

who were between 15 and 39 years old were consistently the highest, which reached 1,577,256 and 1,574,102 in 2011 and 2012 respectively. The elderly who were over 65 years old stood at 573,946 and 596,903 in 2011 and 2012 respectively, which were the least among all

age

groups

.