The graph below shows the fertility rate of women in different Gulf Countries from 1990 to 2000. Write a report describing the information in the graph below.

The bar chart illustrates shifts in the fertility

rates

of females in six different Gulf countries, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, S. Arabia and UAE between 1990 and 2000.

Overall

, several trends are apparent here.

Firstly

, there were emerging falls in the

birth

rates

in all these countries over the period.

Secondly

, despite these drops, Oman and S. Arabia remained populous with the highest fertility

rates

.

To begin

with, standing at the peak of 7

births

per woman, Oman witnessed a bit sudden decrease of around 2.5 by 2000.

Similarly

, the figure for S. Arabia had a following decline from nearly 7 to roughly 2.5

births

per woman. Compared to other nations, Qatar and UAE had the same number of

births

in 1990, with about 4

births

per female;

however

, by the year 2000, the

birth

rate in UAE had quickly slumped faster than that in Qatar. Like the nations mentioned above, the vicinity of 3.5 represented the

birth

rates

in both Bahrain and Kuwait. Until 2000, women in Kuwait had given

birth

to more children than those in Bahrain, representing around 3.8

births

.