Economics 0455 · IGCSE · Population

Population — practice question

In Botswana, improvements in healthcare have caused birth rates to decrease more quickly than death rates. In addition, the average number of children born to each woman has fallen from 6.4 to 3.2. What conclusion can be drawn from this information?

  • AGovernment spending on education will need to increase.
  • BMedical improvements have resulted in falling infant mortality rates.
  • CThere will be a decline in income for each person working.
  • DThere will, in the long run, be an increase in the working population.

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