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If the proportion of people aged 60 years and above is continuously increasing in a country, which demographic process does this indicate?

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Correct answer: Population is ageing

A continuously rising share of people aged 60 years and above means that older people make up an increasing part of the total population. This is a direct indicator of population ageing. It may result from low fertility, which reduces the relative size of younger cohorts, together with lower mortality and longer life expectancy, which allow more people to reach older ages.

Option B names the process correctly. Option A would require a growing share of younger people, not older people. Option C is too strong: child dependency may decline during ageing, but it does not necessarily disappear. Option D is unsupported and generally does not follow from a rising older-age share. The age threshold in the question is being used as an indicator of the population’s changing age composition, so B is the appropriate choice.

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Population AgeingElderly Population60 Years And AboveAge CompositionAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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