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A country's birth rate is declining, yet the total number of births remains high for the next two decades. What is the most appropriate explanation?

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Correct answer: A large young population is entering reproductive ages

The birth rate is a rate relative to the population, while the total number of births also depends on how many people are in the childbearing or reproductive-age groups. A country may have a large cohort of young people entering those ages. Even if each person or family has fewer births on average, the large number of potential parents can keep the total number of births high.

This situation is often described as population momentum. A falling birth rate therefore does not necessarily produce an immediate fall in total births. A zero death rate or positive migration does not directly explain the stated birth pattern, and a declining rate is not the same as a rising rate. Therefore, option A is correct.

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Population MomentumAge StructureBirth Rate DeclineYoung PopulationPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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