India is in which demographic transitional stage?

a. birth and death rates equally high; growth rate low
b. death rate dropping fast; birth rate declining but slowly
c. birth rates declining and approaching the death rates
d. birth rate falling below death rate; population size decreasing
e. death rate greatly exceeds birth rate; population is close to extinction


ANSWER: b

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