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A country's total population is increasing while its working-age population is shrinking. What is the most appropriate explanation?

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Correct answer: Elderly and child shares may be rising or working-age adults may be leaving

Total population and the population of one age group do not always move in the same direction. A country’s total can rise because the numbers of children or elderly people increase, while the working-age group falls. Another possible reason is that many working-age adults migrate out of the country. Age groups are separate parts of the total population, so growth in one or more groups can offset a decline in another.

Therefore, option A is the most appropriate explanation. Option B is wrong because total growth does not require every age group to grow. Option C wrongly treats the working-age group as identical to the total, and option D is an extreme claim unsupported by the information. Population totals must be examined together with age structure and migration.

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Working Age DeclineTotal Population GrowthAge StructureSelective MigrationPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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