The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The figure given shows the

birth

rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000. Both rates fluctuated dramatically during

this

period. China’s

birth

rate

rose from around 10

percent

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in the 1920s to 15

percent

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in 1935.

Then

it fell sharply to around 5

percent

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in both 1940 and 1945. It increased rapidly to a peak of 20

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in 1950.

After

this

, it fells dramatically to less than 10

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in 1955.

Finally

, it decreases steadily to about 2

percent

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in 1980 and remained at

this

level until 2000. Meanwhile, the US

birth

rate

alternated at around 12

percent

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from 1920 to 1940. It declined dramatically to under 5

percent

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in 1945.

Next

, it progressed rapidly to a peak of about 15

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in 1950. After 1950, it fells continuously to about 12

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in the 1960s and around 7 or 8

percent

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during the

last

20 years of

this

period.

Therefore

,

although

the US

birth

rate

generally

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higher than the

birth

rate

of China (especially after 1950), both

birth

rates followed a very similar trend.