The more similar the sizes of each cohort on a population's age-sex pyramid,the closer that population's rate of natural increase is to zero.

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This statement is true. A population with a relatively even distribution of ages and sexes will have a low rate of natural increase because there will be fewer individuals of reproductive age. On the other hand, a population with a large proportion of individuals in the reproductive age range will have a higher rate of natural increase.

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