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From: Three Fertility Compromises and Two Transitions

1. Notes: Turning point only. In almost all cases identical with TFR turning point
2. a1939–1949 omitted
3. bContinuing slow fall so no end of the Second Compromise can be identified
4. cThe second half of France’s transition
5. dWhen Germany divided, West German figures employed
6. Source: Mitchell 1998a, 1998b, 2003