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In which situation can natural increase be negative?

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Correct answer: Deaths are more than births

Direct answer: Option D is correct. Natural increase is calculated from births minus deaths. If deaths are greater than births, the subtraction gives a negative result, so natural increase is negative. This means that, before considering migration, the population is losing more people through deaths than it is gaining through births. Option A gives a positive natural increase because births exceed deaths. Option B gives zero natural increase because the two numbers are equal. Option C concerns migration, not natural increase; positive migration may increase the total population even when natural increase is negative. It is important to distinguish natural increase from total population change, because births, deaths and migration can work in different directions. Memory cue: for natural increase, write births first and subtract deaths; if the answer is below zero, deaths were greater.

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Negative Natural IncreaseBirthsDeathsPopulation DeclinePopulation GrowthPopulationGeographyClass 9 Mcq

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