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If a country has a high birth rate but also very high infant mortality, why can it be wrong to assume rapid population growth from the birth rate alone?

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Correct answer: High mortality can offset a large part of additions from births

Population growth is determined by births and deaths together, not by the birth rate alone. A high birth rate adds people, but a very high infant mortality rate removes many of those additions through deaths at an early age. Other deaths may also reduce the natural increase. Therefore, the final growth can be small even when births are numerous, depending on the size of the death rate and migration.

Option A is correct because high mortality can offset a substantial part of the increase produced by births. Option B is false: birth rate is directly related to population change. Option C confuses mortality with migration, which is the movement of people. Option D is too absolute; a high birth rate does not always produce negative growth. The proper conclusion requires considering both births and deaths.

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High Birth RateInfant MortalityNatural IncreasePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

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