The rate of population increase has been ratcheting downward.

人口增长率一直在步步下降。

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Tajikistan had an particularly high birth rate and the highest rate of population increase of all the former Soviet republics.

塔吉克斯坦有着特别高的出生率，也是所有前苏联国家中人口增长最快的。

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After rising by 1.3% a year during the decade to 2005, the population of working age is expected to increase at an annual rate of 0.7% until 2015, and then shrink by 0.1% a year until 2025.

在到2005年为止的十年中人口的工作年龄每年增长1.3%，此后预计将每年以0.7%的速度增长到2015年，然后每年减少0.1%到2025年。

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The main conclusion from this demographic work is that, barring a new increase in female labor force participation or a significant increase in the growth rate of the population, these demographic factors point towards a further decline in trend growth of employment and hours in the coming decades.

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