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Source: United Nations Population Division, World population prospects the 1994 revision, 1994.
Halved in one generation
Countries with a fertility rate of 6 or over in 1963 which had halved
births by 1993
Average births per woman
1963 1993 % fall
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Thailand 6.4 2.1 67
Colombia 6.7 2.7 60
Dominican Rep. 7.3 3.1 58
Kuwait 7.3 3.1 58
Tunisia 7.1 3.1 56
Costa Rica 6.8 3.1 54
Brazil 6.1 2.9 53
Mexico 6.7 3.2 52
Lebanon 6.3 3.1 51
Peru 6.8 3.4 50
Venezuela 6.6 3.3 50