Organisms And Populations Ques 26

26. What type of human population is represented by the following age pyramid?

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(a) Vanishing population

(b) Stable population

(c) Declining population

(d) Expanding population growth

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Answer : c

Hints & Solutions

(c) This age pyramid represents the declining population of any organism. Population decline is the reduction over time in a region’s census. It can be caused by several reasons that include heavy immigration, disease, famine or subreplacement fertility.