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If a country's child population is declining but its working-age population is still increasing, what is the most appropriate explanation?

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Correct answer: Large cohorts born earlier are now entering working ages

Population is divided into age cohorts, and each cohort becomes older over time. A country may have had many births in earlier years, creating a large group that is now reaching working age. At the same time, if recent births are fewer, the child population can decline. Thus the working-age group may continue increasing for some time even while the child group becomes smaller.

Therefore option A is the best explanation. This pattern is an example of population momentum caused by the age structure. Option B is wrong because working-age population is strongly connected with past births. Option C assumes all age groups change immediately in the same direction, which is not how cohorts work. Migration may also matter, so option D is too absolute. The supplied answer is correct.

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Cohort EffectWorking Age PopulationChild PopulationAge StructurePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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