America is the only rich country that, having fallen below the replacement rate, has risen back above it.

美国是发达国家里唯一一个先是跌破更替生育率，后又反弹超出的国家。

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The American fertility rate is around the replacement rate of 2.1, compared with 1.4 for Germany and Italy, where populations are in decline.

美国的出生率为 2.1 ，很接近人口更替率，但是德国和意大利的出生率只有 1.4 ，也就说人口数量在下降。

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In Japan, for instance, birth rates fell below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per woman in the mid-1970s and have been particularly low in the past 15 years.

比如在日本七十年代中期，出生率降至相当于平均每个妇女生2.1个孩子以下，而且在过去的15年里一直明显的偏低。

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The last time it was above the replacement rate of two was in 1976.

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Western European countries have low fertility rates, below the replacement rate of 2.1.

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Africa has even higher TFRs, with many of its countries between 4 and 7, far higher than the replacement rate of 2.1.

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