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Comparison of fertility rates

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FRED Graph

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Q1. Hover the mouse pointer over the 1963 date on the FRED graph to read the data. At that time, what was the average number of children a woman in China had during her lifetime?

Q2. As of 2020, which of the four countries shown in the graph recorded the lowest fertility rate?

Read this FRED Blog post (https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2015/01/fertility-in-fred/) to learn more about those data.

Comparison of working age population growth

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FRED Graph

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Q1. The FRED graph shows the change in the size of the working age population in Canada, the United States, and Japan. Between January 1995 and December 2022, in which country did the size of the working age population shrink?

Read this FRED Blog post (https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2019/12/whither-the-workers/) to learn how the graph was created.

Population and economic growth in the UK

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FRED Graph

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Q1. The FRED graph shows the real hourly wage in the United Kingdom and population growth both in England and in the UK. Compare the timing of economic and population growth. Which one happened first?

Read this FRED Blog post (https://fredblog.stlouisfed.org/2021/12/population-growth-and-economic-growth/) to learn more about those data.

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