A small developing country with negligible rates of immigration and emigration is going through a demographic change. Thirty years ago the crude birth rate was 44 per thousand per year and the crude death rate was 17 per thousand per year. Now the crude birth rate is 16 per thousand per year and the crude death rate is 5 per thousand per year. Which of the following statements about the country is now most likely to be true?
A) The population is decreasing.
B) The growth rate of the population is increasing.
C) The country is at the preindustrial stage of the demographic transition.
D) The country is at the industrial stage of the demographic transition.
E) The country is at the proindustrial stage of the demographic transition.