PREP1-166 急求解答！！

166. (33939-!-item-!-188;#058&007191)

Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is 17 percent during the next half century.

(A) Shrinking faster than any other nation's, the projected decline of Japan's population is

(B) Shrinking faster than any other nation, Japan's population has a projected decline of

(C) The population of Japan is shrinking faster than that of any other nation and is projected to decline by

(D) The Japanese population is shrinking faster than any other nation, and it has a projected decline at

(E) Japan's population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation, with a projected decline at

我选对了，答案C

就想问一下，E中的前半句，Japan's population is shrinking faster than that of any other nation这种用法是对的吗？

顶，急求解答！

万分感谢~~