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

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

Given is a graph revealing striking similarities in the variation of fertility in both China and USA.

The first 15 years-from 1920 to 1935, generally, saw a slight fluctuation at somewhere between 10% to approximately 12.5%. This was followed by a rapid decline which sustained for almost 10 years with China's birth rate reaching the trough in 1940 and having plateaued at 5% until 1945 while, similarly, this rate in the USA plummeted to somewhere below 5% at 1945.

The following 5 years-from 1945 to 1950-saw a baby boom in the fertility of both two countries, with China's birth rate peaki...

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