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  • A country with a high rate of population growth took measures to reduce it. The Figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations A and B twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation abou

A country with a high rate of population growth took measures to reduce it. The Figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations A and B twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation about them:

Interpretations:

Option: 1

"B" is earlier pyramid and shows stabilised growth rate.


Option: 2

"B" is more recent showing that population is very young.


Option: 3

"A" is the earlier pyramid and no change has occurred in the growth rate.


Option: 4

"A" is more recent and shows slight reduction in the growth rate.


Answers (1)

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The age-sex pyramid of population B has a greater number of young individuals representing the earlier population. Pyramid A has a slight reduction, represented as a narrow base compared to B, hence represents the newer stable population.
Therefore, 'A is more recent and shows a slight reduction in the growth rate'.

Hence, the correct option is (d).

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