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If a country's total population is increasing but its working-age population is declining, which conclusion is possible?

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Correct answer: Total growth and age structure can change in different directions

Total population and working-age population are different measures. Total population includes people of all ages, while working-age population is only one age group. These measures can move in opposite directions. For example, the total may rise because older people live longer or because children and elderly migrants enter, while working-age adults leave or become a smaller share of the population.

Thus, option A is correct: total growth and age structure can change in different directions. The information does not prove that birth rates are rising, that migration is zero, or that growth is impossible. An ageing population, selective out-migration of workers, or different age-specific flows could produce the stated pattern. The conclusion is possible, not the only explanation.

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Working Age PopulationAge StructureTotal Population GrowthDemographic ChangePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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