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A population having constant size and composition is called a:

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A stable population keeps its age composition fixed but its size can still grow or shrink; add the condition of zero growth rate and the size becomes fixed too, that is a stationary population.
Updated On: Jul 4, 2026
  • Stable population
  • Stationary population
  • Fixed population
  • Continuous population
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

Step 1: Think of the life table population built from a fixed radix $l_0$ and fixed age specific survival numbers $l_x$ that never change from year to year.
Step 2: Since the same number of people enter at age 0 each year and the same numbers survive to each age $x$ every year, the numbers in every age group, and hence the total population $\sum l_x$, stay exactly the same year after year.
Step 3: Such an unchanging life table population is, by definition, both constant in size and constant in age composition.
Step 4: This textbook life table population is what demographers call a stationary population, as opposed to a stable population which only fixes the composition while size may still grow or shrink geometrically.
\[ \boxed{\text{Stationary population}} \]
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