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If a country's total population is increasing but its growth rate is steadily declining, what does this mean?

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Correct answer: Population is increasing but more slowly than before

A declining growth rate and a declining population are not the same thing. If the growth rate remains positive, the total population still increases, but each period adds fewer people relative to the previous period. Thus the correct choice is A: population is increasing, but more slowly than before.

For example, a population might grow by 3 percent in one period and by 2 percent in the next. It has still grown in both periods, but the rate has fallen. Population would definitely decline only if the relevant rate became negative, or if losses exceeded additions. A falling rate is therefore information about the speed of change, not necessarily about the direction of the total population. The other choices confuse these two ideas.

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Declining Growth RateSlow Population GrowthPositive GrowthPopulation ChangePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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