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zero population growth
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noun
the maintenance of a population at a constant level by limiting the number of live births to that needed to replace the existing population.
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Origin of zero population growth
First recorded in 1965–70
Words nearby zero population growth
zero hour, zero in, zero in on, zero option, zero-point energy, zero population growth, zero-rate, zero-rated, zero stage, zero-sum, zero-sum game
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How to use zero population growth in a sentence
Cultural definitions for zero population growth
zero population growth
A condition in which a population neither grows nor declines, because the number of births in a year equals the number of deaths. Many industrialized countries have relatively low birth and death rates, and a steady but small population growth. Many Third World countries, however, have extremely high birth and death rates. Without effective methods of birth control, these populations grow at a phenomenal rate but without the resources to support them.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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