Which one of the following statements about human population growth is FALSE? EX

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Which one of the following statements about human population growth is FALSE? EXPLAIN WHY!

   A. Countries with fast-growing populations have relatively more children than adults compared to countries with slow-growing populations.

   B. Countries with fast-growing populations today have higher birth rates than they did 100 years ago.

   C. There will be a time lag between the time at which all females on earth just replace themselves and the time when the world population stops growing.

   D. Worldwide death rates have decreased on average for the last 100 years.

Explanation / Answer

C. There will be a time lag between the time at which all females on earth just replace themselves and the time when the world population stops growing.

Demographers used to say that women only started having fewer children when they got educated and the economy got rich, as in Europe. But tell that to the women of Bangladesh, one of the world

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