Zero population growth occurs in a population when ________

A) total fertility rate exceeds the average replacement rate
B) birth rate equals death rate, and there is no migration
C) the ecological footprints are larger than the carrying capacity
D) the carrying capacity is larger than the ecological footprint
E) people have as many children as they can in the first five years of marriage


Answer: B

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