Which of the following statements best describes the difference between sweden’s population policies and those pursued by india and china? a. sweden does not reward its citizens to encourage population growth, but both india and china do. b. sweden seeks to discourage population growth, while india and china seek to encourage population growth. c. sweden seeks to encourage population growth, while india and china seek to discourage population growth. d. sweden’s population policies are controversial because they may violate human rights, but neither india's nor china’s policies are controversial.

The correct answer is - C. Sweden seeks to encourage population growth, while India and China seek to discourage population growth.

Sweden is a country that has a big problem in the past few decades with its fertility rates. The number of born children has been decreasing and it is significantly before 2.1 children on average per women which is needed for the minimal population growth. Because of this the government tries to encourage couples to have more children and helps them financially, but also they try to solve the problem with big intake of migrants from the Middle East and Africa.

India and China on the other hand have the total opposite problem. Indian governments have long been trying to discourage people to have many children because there's too many people in the country and most of them live in poverty, unfortunately the measures haven't been successful so far. China has been more effective, it had a law for few decades that was limiting the families to have only one child, and if they had more they were obliged to pay very big taxes, and even though now it is allowed for the couples to have 2 children still it is a number that doesn't cause a population growth, but either stagnation or decrease of the population.