Comprehension (world population passage): world population grew fastest in 1962-1965 (2.1% per year); the successive billions were reached in 1804, 1928, 1960, 1974, 1988 and around 2000/2011; in 2020 annual growth first fell below 1%.
Question: With a decline in the fertility rate, which of the following will NOT decline?
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How birth and death rates change as economies develop, and the growth window this opens.
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