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

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

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B is earlier pyramid and shows stabilised growth rate

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B is more recent showing that population is very young

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

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Solution

The correct option is A A is more recent and shows slight reduction in the growth rate
Interpretation (a) is correct.
The Diagram A shows reduction in the number of males and females of the population. As you can see the 0-9 bar shows a total of 15 individuals in the digram B and the 0-9 bar in diagram A shows only 12 individuals. So Figure A shows slight reduction in the growth rate.

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Given below are hypothetical figures in regard to population (in crores) of two countries A and B during the last three decades.
$\begin{matrix} C o u n t r y & 1971 & 1981 & 1991 A & 6.4 & 9.6 & 10.6 B & 15.7 & 15.7 & 15.3 \end{matrix}$
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Rate of growth of the population of the country _____ has declined between years ______ and ________ .
(b) The country _______ shows negative population growth between years _______ shows negative population growth between years ____ and ______.
(c) The country _______ shows zero population growth between years __________ and _________ .

(a) Rate of growth of the population of the country _____ has declined between years ______ and ________ .
(b) The country _______ shows negative population growth between years _______ shows negative population growth between years ____ and ______.
(c) The country _______ shows zero population growth between years __________ and _________ .

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