Can the number of order-sequences of a group of order $n$ be determined efficiently?

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Let $n\ge 1$ and $G$ a group of order $n$. Determine the order of every element of $G$ and list the orders increasing.

Can the number of possible order-sequences be determined efficiently ?

For example, a group of order $6$ has the possible order-sequences

$$1,2,2,2,3,3$$ and $$1,2,3,3,6,6$$

so there are two possible order-sequences for $n=6$.

The number of order-sequences gives a lower bound for the number of groups of order $n$.

Additional question : Can the number of groups with a given order-sequence be determined efficiently ?