Uh yeah, that's sort of a BIG DIFFERENCE to hand-wave away. OP might as well have said "it's interesting how China's and UK's fertility rate is almost the same

Uh yeah, that's sort of a BIG DIFFERENCE to hand-wave away. OP might as well have said "it's interesting how China's and UK's fertility rate is almost the same" while ignoring how each country got to that level...