| 1 | The new birthrate has decreased from last year's. | |
| 2 | Of the 20 countries with the highest fertility rate, all but one are in the region. | |
| 3 | All this suggests that there may not be much China can do to manipulate the number of births. | |
| 4 | The problem is likely to worsen because Japan has one of the lowest birthrates in the world. | |
| 5 | Immigrants also tend to have more children, one reason why the British birth rate has rebounded over the past decade. |