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In a country, fertility is declining, life expectancy is rising and total population growth is slowing. Which long-term change is more likely?

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Correct answer: Population ageing

Fertility measures the level of childbearing, while life expectancy describes how long people tend to live. Declining fertility means that younger generations may be smaller. Rising life expectancy allows more people to survive into older ages. When these two trends occur together, older age groups form a larger share of the total population, even if total population growth is slowing.

Therefore option A, population ageing, is the most likely long-term change. A faster population explosion is inconsistent with declining fertility and slowing growth. The proportion of young people will not necessarily keep rising, and rising life expectancy does not imply a sharp increase in mortality. The age structure can change substantially even while the total number of people remains stable or grows slowly.

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Population AgeingFertility DeclineLife ExpectancySlow GrowthPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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