The line graph compares the population size, death rate and birth rate in two countries – England and Wales – between 1700 and 2000. Overall, it is evident that the population size increased significantly, primirely thanks to low death and high birth rates.
On the one hand, over the period, both birth and death rates, despite the increase from 1750 to 1800, showed a gradual decrease. Starting with 30 new infants per a thousand people in 1700, the birth rate began to drop in 1800 after reaching its peak of 40 babies in 1750 and remained higher than the death rate for five decades. Likewise, the death rates mirrored figures of birth rates, with approximately 4 fewer numbers from the beginning until 1950, and remained stable in the last 50 years from 1950 until 2000. The disparity, however, between birth and death rates became more pronounced, with the birth rate increasing slightly again towards 2000, making up just below 34 new people per a thousand, while the death rate stayed unchanged.
Population size, on the other hand, undergone remarkable soar, beginning with more than two million people in 1700 and jumping to about 50 million in 2000 although minor declining was observed between 1750 and 1800, losing about 7 million people in population size.