Question

According to the population pyramid above, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Answer 1

Answer:

The incorrect statement is E) There are an even number of dependents and economically productive citizens

Explanation:

The rest of the options are correct and can be clearly seen from the population pyramid. The country does have a low life expectancy as the number of births is very high but a small number of these children and growing up as adults and not a lot of them are living until old age.

The country has entered a stage 2 demographic transition and it is clear that there are far more births and the death rate is gradually decreasing.