After Reading the Paragraph Below, Answer the Questions That Follow

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Multiple Choice

After reading the paragraph below, answer the questions that follow.
You are a member of an African family that has been displaced from their home by civil war, so you are trying to select a new country in which to settle to gain better economic opportunities. You know that Nigeria is a large country with rich natural resources, so you are considering it for your new home. Among the data you find while researching Nigeria is the following diagram of the current age structure of the country.

-Which of the following statements about the age structure of Nigeria is false?

• A)The population of males and females ages 0 to 4 is approximately the same.
• B)The population of males ages 15 to 19 is smaller than the population of females ages 5 to 9.
• C)There are approximately 28 million males in Nigeria ages 0 to 14.
• D)The population of females ages 40 to 44 is smaller than the population of males ages 65 to 69.

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