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Below replacement fertility shrinks the population not the elderly share

A recent survey suggests that the total fertility rate in a country has fallen below 2.1, the population replacement ratio. This necessarily implies that the

  1. A.infant mortality rate has increased, reducing the net fertility ratio
  2. B.total population will decline✓
  3. C.population of young people is going to increase with a faster rate in the long run if the same status continues
  4. D.proportion of elderly people is going to decrease in the long run if the same status continues

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