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:"It has developed far enough economically and socially to reduce mortality, but not far enough to quickly reduce fertility. As a result, women on average have four children, double the two needed for replacement, and the population of 41 million is growing by over 2,000 per day. Under this pressure, Sudan—like scores of other countries—is breaking down."<ref>Brown, Lester. [http://www.earth-policy.org/images/uploads/book_files/wotebook.pdf ''World on the Edge''], W.W. Norton (2010) p. 91</ref>
Examples of developing nations and territories that successfully went from stage 2 to stage 3 are [[South Korea]] and [[Taiwan]], which were able to move toward smaller families, and thereby improved living standards. This resulted in further reduction in fertility rates.
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