The given diagram outlines the demographic data of England and Wales collected within 3 centuries: from 1700 to 2000.
Overall, it is quite clear that both death and birth rates experienced fairly similar fluctuating trends throughout the period, whereas population size revealed a dramatic rise.
Dipping into details, each of the lines witnessed a signigicant increase by roughly 10 million people, between 1700 and 1750. However, as regards the figures responsible for birth and death numbers, after remaining stable for about 50 years, they undergone a decrease, which led them to the second phase of stagnation from 1850 to 1900. At the end of the report, birth indexes witnessed rather a considerble rise, whilst the latter’s ones stopped at 20 millions.
Regarding a general population size, unlike two previous rates, it went through the falling trend only once, during 1750s. Despite the fact that its initial indicator was much lower than others’ ones, the final measurment reveal that it outperformed birth and death rates by approximately 25 and 30 millions, respectively. Whatalso stands out is that the size of inhabitants showed, mostly, a positive changes.
