Chapter 13: Human Population Beta

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Question 1 · 13.1

Suppose every couple in a country with a very young population began having exactly two children. Why would the country's population still keep growing for several decades?

A.Many of its people are children who will soon become parents themselves.B.Two children per couple is above the replacement rate, so each generation is larger than the last.C.Death rates keep falling as medicine improves, and this alone keeps the population growing for decades.D.Couples in a young population have their children earlier, so each generation is larger than the last.

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