The total fertility rate had been 5.8 in 1950, he notes, and had declined sharply to 2.3 by 1980, just above replacement level.
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人口出生率是指女性一生预期生养的儿童数目;2.1是更替水平,人口在这一点上保持稳定。
The fertility rate is the number of children a woman can expect during her lifetime; 2.1 is the replacement level, the point at which the population stabilises.