Question

What would you expect to find in a country with zero population growth?

a) a high birthrate and a low death rate
b) a low birthrate and a high death rate
c) about equal birthrates and death rates
d) low birthrates and death rates

Answer 1

C because the other answers are not logical. A would mean that the population is growing in size. B would mean that a country's population is rapidly declining. D does not give enough information to identify which is higher or lower, nor does it say they are equal. If you have equal birth and death rates, the population will not change. 

Answer 2

c) about equal birthrates and death rates

Step-by-step explanation:

Through birth and mortality rates, it is possible to calculate the vegetative growth of a population. Also called natural growth, it represents the difference between the birth rate and the one-year mortality rate.

If in a given place the result of the birth rate is higher than that of mortality, the population is growing. If the mortality rate is higher than the birth rate, the local population is decreasing. If the rates are equal, the population remains stable and there is zero population growth.