Economics 0455 · IGCSE · Population

Population — practice question

Which pairing of changes to the birth rate and death rate would be most likely to raise a country’s dependency ratio?

  • Abirth rate falls; death rate falls
  • Bbirth rate falls; death rate rises
  • Cbirth rate rises; death rate falls
  • Dbirth rate rises; death rate rises

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