What is meant by population momentum and what is its cause?
What will be an ideal response?
Population momentum is when a country's population continues to grow "even after the total fertility rate is reduced to the replacement level." "Population momentum occurs because such a small portion of the population is in the upper age groups (where most death occurs) and many children are entering their reproductive years. Even if these . . . (individuals) have only two children per woman, the number of births will far exceed the number of deaths."
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