Virtually all industrialized countries have a growth rate of less than .05 percent,while countries in the Global South today have rates of between 2 and 3 percent.Based on what you read in the textbook,how is this difference in the rate of population growth significant?
A) The difference is enormous because population growth is exponential rather than arithmetic.
B) The difference is significant,but global migration will likely mitigate it.
C) The difference is somewhat significant,but increasing rates of education will significantly slow population growth in the Global South.
D) The difference is small enough to not matter dramatically.

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Population growth is exponential, meaning that even small differences in growth rates can lead to large differences in population size over time.

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