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The size of a population increases if the number of individuals added to the population is equal to the number of individuals leaving the population

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False; it would neither increase nor decrease because there is a constant flow of new and old. Think if you have a family with six people in it. The oldest dies, but at the same time a new member of the family is born. You lost one, but you gained one as well. So you still have six. 
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