A population in which the total fertility rate is 2 means that

A) birth rates and death rates are roughly equal.
B) the population is neither increasing nor decreasing.
C) the population will double in about 40 years.
D) the population will decline by half in 40 years.
E) both the birth rates and death rates are roughly equal and the population is neither increasing nor decreasing.


Answer: E

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