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If a country's total growth rate is declining but its working-age population is projected to grow for another 15 years, what is the most appropriate explanation?

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

A country's current growth rate describes recent births, deaths, and migration, but age structure changes more slowly. The working-age population in the next 15 years includes people who were born many years earlier. If a large group was born during a period of higher fertility, that group will gradually enter working ages even while the present growth rate is declining.

This is a cohort effect and can continue the growth of the working-age population for some time. A falling total growth rate does not make every age group shrink immediately, because population groups move through the age structure over time. Therefore option A is correct. The explanation does not require migration to be zero and is directly connected to the country's earlier birth history.

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Cohort EffectWorking Age PopulationDeclining GrowthAge StructurePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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