[IB Biology Ecology Reviews]


The chart below shows the age structure of the populations of 3 nations.

6. The nation that will most likely show the smallest increase in population in the next 20 years or so would be Sweden.

It has relatively few people of reproductive age and pre-reproductive age when compared with older individuals. If there are fewer people of reproductive age, the population will grow more slowly or could even decline.

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