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If the birth rate is declining but the population is young, why can population growth continue?

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Correct answer: Total births may still be substantial because many people are in the young age groups

Direct answer: Option A. A population’s age structure affects the number of people who may become parents in the near future. If a large share of the population is young, many people may enter the childbearing ages even while the average number of births per woman is falling. The total number of births can therefore remain substantial for some time. This continuing increase caused partly by a youthful age structure is often described as population momentum. Option A is correct because it connects the number of young people with the total number of births. Option B is wrong because a declining birth rate does not automatically produce an immediate fall in total population. Option C is wrong because age structure strongly affects future births. Option D is wrong because death rates do not automatically become zero. Memory cue: a young population can keep growth moving even after fertility begins to fall.

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Declining Birth RateYoung PopulationPopulation MomentumPopulation GrowthPopulationGeographyClass 9 Mcq

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