The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 and 2000

The line chart gives information about

China

and the USA in terms of the

birth

rates from 1920 to 2000.

Overall

, the

birth

rates of the two countries both experienced a general decreasing trend during the period given, after suffering several fluctuations. In 1920, the new

borned

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born

baby accounted

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%

for

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the whole population in

China

, with a

negilible

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negligible

gap towards the figure for

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(11%). During the following 20

years

, the

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birth

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birth

brith

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birth

rates showed a similar

trendancy

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tendency

, rising slightly by 1.5% and falling to the primitive figure. From 1930 to 1945, the

birth

rate

of

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China

witnessed a sharp increase, which was followed by a dramatic decline to 5%, before keeping stable at

this

level for 5

years

.

By contrast

, the equivalent of the USA suffered a relatively small change between 1930 and 1940, after which it decreased dramatically to less than 5%. During the

last

55

years

, the proportion of

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babies

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in

Chinese

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population saw an extreme

rising

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to the summit (20%), with an

according

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sharp drop to 9%, followed by a more gentle

falling

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to 2.5% in 2000. The

birth

rate

of

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in

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the USA

also

reached

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peak

at

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in

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1950, but with a slower speed of falling, it surpassed that of

China

in 1955 and remained

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5% advantage for the following

years

.