Source: Data from U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base
-Based upon the age structure diagram,you expect the Chinese population to
A) grow because all of the age classes have roughly equal proportions of people.
B) grow then shrink because many of the people will be entering the post-reproductive years.
C) grow because a large proportion of the population will be entering the reproductive years.
D) grow then decline because a lower proportion of individuals are in prereproductive age classes.
E) No answer is correct.

Question

Source: Data from U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base
-Based upon the age structure diagram,you expect the Chinese population to
A) grow because all of the age classes have roughly equal proportions of people. 
B) grow then shrink because many of the people will be entering the post-reproductive years. 
C) grow because a large proportion of the population will be entering the reproductive years. 
D) grow then decline because a lower proportion of individuals are in prereproductive age classes. 
E) No answer is correct.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

More people coming to reproductive age means more babies for the next generation, but fewer people coming to a reproductive age means less babies in the future.