During 2008, Swaziland had a real GDP growth rate of 1.8 percent and a real GDP growth rate per person of -1.3 percent. These rates indicate that in Swaziland

A) there was an error when calculating the growth rates because the growth rate of real GDP per person cannot be negative.

B) the population growth rate was negative.

C) the population grew at a faster rate than real GDP.

D) poverty levels are declining.

E) real GDP grew more rapidly than did the population.