The line graph shows the prison population in a European country between 1911 and 2001. Summarize the information by describing the main features of the charts and making comparisons where appropriate.

The line graph gives data about the male and female

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populations over a 90-year period from 1911 to 2001.

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, what stands out from the chart is that the number of male prisoners rose markedly,

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the female

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population

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generally declined despite some fluctuations.

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, males consistently accounted for a much larger proportion of the

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than females. Looking at the details, in 1911, the male

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stood at 20,000, after which the figure fell gradually to 10,000 in 1941.

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, it

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increased sharply, reaching approximately 50,000 by 2001.

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, the number of female prisoners experienced a significant decrease in the first half of the period. There was a rapid fall from 3,000 to 500 between 1911 and 1941.

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was followed by a steady rise, with the figure reaching about 1,200 in 1971. After a slight decline to 1,000, the female

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ended the period with a gradual increase to around 1,800 in 2001.