If births are more than deaths, what will be the effect on population?

Correct answer: Population will increase

Direct answer: Option B, the population will increase. To understand this, compare the two processes: births add people to a population, while deaths remove people. When the number of births is greater than the number of deaths, the difference is positive. This positive difference is called positive natural increase, so the population rises, provided the question is considering these two processes. Option A is wrong because a decrease would occur when deaths were greater than births, or when other population factors produced a net loss. Option B is correct because more additions than removals result in growth. Option C is wrong because having more births than deaths cannot make the entire population zero; it indicates an increase. Option D is wrong because population change does not automatically change the physical area of a region. Memory cue: more births than deaths means more people added than removed, so think “natural increase.”