The table below shows information about the popluation of new Zealand from 2011 to 2012 by age group. Summarize the formation by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparison where relevant.

The provided table chart illustrates the

number

of residents living in New Zealand between 2011 2012 and the proportion is divided into different categories and it

also

demonstrates the difference between the two years.

To begin

with, the higher

population

was in the

age

group

15-39 and it was 1,577,256 in 2011 and 1,574,102 in the latter year.

However

, the highest second

population

was in the

age

group

40-64 and it was 1,331,907 in 2011 and 1,339,898 in 2012. Continuing it, under 15 was

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the third

number

and, 65 and over was the fourth

number

. The former

group

was 898,160 and 896,364 and the latter was 573,946 and 596,903 in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

On the contrary

, the total

population

increased by 0.6% in one year. The highest

number

of citizens was increased in the

age

group

40-64 and it reflected a difference of 0.6%.

Whereas

, the

age

group

65 and older 2% dipped from the former

age

group

.

While

, the

population

decreased in the

age

group

15-39 and under 15 and it showed a difference of -0.2%.

Overall

, it can be easily seen, that the total

population

in New Zealand was rosed over the period of two years.