But even in the remaining, poorer, half of the world, fertility rates have come down spectacularly, from 5.2 in 1970-75 to 2.6 now.

但就算是在较为贫困的另一半世界，生育率也明显下降，从1970到75年的5.2减少到现在的2.6。

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As industrialisation swept through what is now the developed world, fertility fell sharply, first in France, then in Britain, then throughout Europe and America.

而如今，随着发达国家工业化规模不断扩大，人口出生率却在不断下降——在这方面，法国首当其冲，英国紧随其后，接着整个欧洲再加上美国也加入到了这一行列。

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Doctor Murray says lower fertility rates around the world, combined with higher earnings, are also reducing deaths.

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Richer countries on average have lower fertility rates so as the world becomes richer fewer children are born.

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So the two countries, South Korea and Japan, with the largest number of patent applications per capita have extremely low fertility rates, indeed two of the lowest fertility rates in the entire world.

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