The graph below compares changes in the birth rates of China and the USA between 1920 – 2000. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The line graph compares information about birth rate changes in China and the USA over a period of 80 years from 1920.
Overall, it is clear that fertility levels in both countries fluctuated significantly, with lows in the 1940s and highs in the 1950s.
The birth rate in China rose from 10% in 1920 to 15% in 1935, before plummeting to only a third of that in the 1940s and was followed by an exponential growth to the peak of 20% in 1950. However, in the latter part of the century, this figure began to fall steadily.
In the meantime, the US birth rate fluctuated between 12% and 14% during the 1920s and 1930s, before plummeting to fewer than 5 percent in 1945. In the following five years, the birth rate reached a peak at 15% in 1950, before experiencing a significant drop.
