Question

In European countries such as Italy, people are delaying childbirth and/or choosing to have no children or only one child. Which of the following age structure diagrams illustrates this type of trend?

A. stable population
B. this trend is not depicted in these diagrams
C. decreasing population
D. increasing population

Answer 1

C, decreasing population

Step-by-step explanation:

Many counties in Europe suffer from low birth rates due to limited number of children being born there. This in turn is due to high cost of living and the difficulty of finding a job. Many families struggle financially and they can afford one child only. Women delay having children because they want to establish themselves in their careers first.

Because of all this above, the demographic trend would be decreasing population, where the number of deaths outnumbers the number of annual births.