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What would the shape of the population pyramid be, if a country has both, high birth rate and high death rate?                        

Answer:

(i) A country that has high birth rate and high death rate will have a. population pyramid that is broad at the base and rapidly narrows towards the top-

(ii) This is because although a large number of children are born/ a large percentage of them die in their infancy, few become adult and very few reach the old age.

(iii) For example, Kenya has a high birth rate/ as well as a high death rate.