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If fertility is declining but a country has a large young population, why may population growth not stop immediately?

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Correct answer: Because many young people continue entering reproductive ages

A large young population can create population momentum. Even when each family is choosing fewer children, many young people may soon enter the ages when people commonly have children. The number of potential parents can therefore remain large for some time. As a result, births may continue to exceed deaths and total population growth may not stop immediately. Choice A gives the correct explanation.

Falling fertility changes the average number of children per woman, but it does not instantly remove the large number of people already approaching reproductive ages. This is why population trends respond with a time lag. The statement does not imply that the death rate becomes zero, that migration is always high, or that land area increases. Those options describe unrelated or unsupported conditions, so they cannot explain the continued growth.

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Population MomentumFertility DeclineYoung Age StructurePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

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