Band 6+: The table below gives information related to population growth, average birth per woman, and life expectancy at birth in countries with different income levels in 2002 and 2004. Summarise the information making comparisons where relevant.

The table illustrates three information of population growth, average birth rate, and birth life expectancy separated in country’s income levels of high, middle and low in 2002 and 2004. Overall, high-income countries tend to have low population growth, low birth rate, and high life expectancy in all periods, meanwhile the low-income countries had the opposites condition and the middle-income countries tend to balance in between.

To begin with, from 2002 to 2004 the high-income countries experienced a decreased in the population growth from 0.8% to 0.7%, while the birth proportion remained stagnant at 1.7, and life expectancy rose to 78.7 from 78. Surprisingly, the same trend happened in the population growth of low-income countries, that fall from 2% to 1.8%, and life expectancy increased to 58.8 from 58.1. However, the low-income countries had its birth rate dropped to 3.7 from 3.9.

Similarly, the middle-income countries had the birth rate dropped to 2.1 from 2.2, life expectancy rose to 70 from 69.1, while its population stagnated at 0.9%.