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If an area's growth rate is declining, will its total population always decrease?

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Correct answer: No, if the growth rate remains positive, the total population may still increase

Direct answer: B is correct. A declining growth rate means that the speed of population increase is becoming slower; it does not automatically mean that the number of people is falling. Suppose a population grows by 3% in one year and by 1% in the next year. The second increase is smaller, but 1% is still positive, so the total population continues to rise. Population decreases only when the overall or net growth rate becomes negative, meaning losses through deaths and out-migration are greater than additions through births and in-migration. A is wrong because a lower positive rate still adds people. C is wrong because growth rate depends on several factors, not only births, and it need not mean zero births. D is wrong because growth rate directly describes population change. Memory cue: positive means “more,” zero means “no net change,” and negative means “less.”

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