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A country has negative natural increase but its total population remains stable. What is the most likely reason?

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Correct answer: Positive net migration is offsetting the natural decrease

Natural increase is the difference between births and deaths, excluding migration. Negative natural increase means deaths are greater than births, so the population would fall if no migration occurred. Total population, however, also changes through net migration. Positive net migration means more people enter than leave and can compensate for the natural decrease.

For example, if natural change reduces the population by 10,000 but net migration adds 10,000, the total population remains stable. Therefore option A is the most likely explanation. A high birth rate compared with deaths would produce positive natural increase, while no migration would not offset the decline. Zero population density is also impossible for a populated country.

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Negative Natural IncreasePositive MigrationStable PopulationPopulation BalancePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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