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If child mortality falls sharply while the birth rate remains high for several years, what is the initial effect on population growth?

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Correct answer: Growth may accelerate

Child mortality is the number of children who die at an early age. When it falls, a larger share of children born survives. If the birth rate remains high, many births continue while fewer children are lost, so the natural increase can become larger at first. This describes an initial demographic effect, not an inevitable long-term outcome.

The question says that mortality falls sharply but births stay high for several years. More surviving children are therefore added to the population, which can accelerate population growth. Hence option A is correct. Growth does not immediately become negative, and births do not become zero. Later, social and economic changes may reduce fertility, but that later possibility does not change the initial result.

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Child Mortality DeclineHigh Birth RateNatural IncreasePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

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