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

The line graph compares the

USA

and

China

in terms of the number of live births in 1,000 women from 1920 to 2000.

Overall

, the

USA

had the highest

birth

rate

throughout most of the period, with

China

overtaking the

USA

in 1935 and 1950. In 1920, the

birth

rate

was over 10% in both countries. In fifteen years,

China

's

birth

rate

surpassed the United States of America, with a sharp rise to 15%,

while

the figure remained unchanged in the

USA

.

Afterward

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, the

rate

of

birth

in

China

decreased noticeably to one-twentieth in 1940 and plateaued for the following five years. From 1945 onward, the

USA

's and

China

's

birth

rates steeply increased to peak at one-fifth and under 15% in 1952 respectively. Post-1952, both countries witnessed a downward trend, with

China

's

rate

of

birth

bottoming down at under 5% by the end of the period. The

USA

's

birth

rate

,

on the other hand

, witnessed a more moderate decline, to well over 5% in 2000.