What observations can be made based on this graph?? Fertility Rates among Industrialized and Developing countries
800
Industrialized countries
Developing countries
700
600
500
400
Number of Births (Millions)
300
200
100
0 -
-100
1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
2000s 2010s 2020 2030s
2040s
Time (Decades)
Sources: United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Information
and Policy Analysis, Population Division, World Population Prospects: The
1996 Revision, New York, 1996, and projections using the model in World
World Development Indicators, Washington, D. C., 1997.
A. The crude birthrate is higher in developing countries than in
industrialized countries.
B. The marriage rate is approximately the same in developing
countries as in industrialized countries.
C. The average life span is longer in developing countries than in
industrialized countries.