今年的人口出生率大大下降了。

The birth rate declined greatly this year.

结婚率下降也是人口出生率下降的原因之一。

The decline of marriage is also contributing to the collapse in the birth rate.

因此，使世界人口出生率增加的问题更为严重的是，活得超过通常岁数的人的数量。

Adding to the increased birth rate of the world , is the number of individuals living beyond what once was the norm.

人口出生率的下降以及越来越多的人出国留学，共同导致了参加高考人数的减少。

The falling birth rate and growing popularity of overseas educations have combined to pull down the number of people competing to get into China's universities.

日本虽然被认为是世界上最长寿的民族但是人口出生率却十分的低。

The Japanese boast among the highest life expectancies in the world but have extremely low birth rates.

此外，尽管几十年来，法国政府对人口率的下降很焦虑，也采取了措施，但是，法国的人口出生率如同西方的其他国家一样，仍旧一直在下滑。

Moreover, for several decades, although French goverments anxiously reacted in population growth, the French birth-date has been falling steadily as in other Western countries.

这是因为人口出生率最高的地区并不使用叉子吃饭。

This is because the areas with the highest birthrates do not use forks.

自2000年出生率开始实现增长以来，2009年已经是连续第二年遭遇人口出生率下降的形势。

It's the second consecutive annual decline in births, after births had been increasing since 2000.

莫特·詹克洛去了哥伦比亚大学法学院，因为处于人口出生率低谷的孩子可以选择他们的学校；

Mor Janklow went to Columbia University law school, because demographic trough babies have their pick of selective schools.

我认为，在保障人类粮食供给方面，采取措施降低人口出生率，保护土地资源和环境，将与任何重大科技成果一样，有着同等重要的作用。

I think that the reduction in population growth and the protection of resources and environment take the same responsibility for feeding the world as any big scientific advance does.