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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Mauritania is a country in North Africa.
• A high percentage of Mauritania's population (39.9 percent) is under fifteen years old.
• It has the thirty-fourth-largest under-fifteen population in the world.
• Roughly 40 percent of Africa's population is under fifteen years old the highest of any continent.
• According to the United Nations (UN), Africa's "high number of young people is an opportunity for the continent's growth but only if these new generations are fully empowered to realise their best potential."
The student wants to emphasize the global rank of Mauritania's youth population. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
With 39.9 percent of its population under fifteen years of age. Mauritania has the thirty-fourth-largest population for that age range in the world.
A
Africa's high population of young people is due in part to the high percentage of young people in Mauritania.
B
Making up roughly 40 percent of the continent's total population, Africa's under-fifteen population offers "an opportunity for the continent's growth," according to the UN.
C
"Only if these new generations are fully empowered to realise their best potential," says the UN, will Africa's high percentage of young people lead to the continent's growth.
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