Given a scientific passage and an answer, generate a question for the given answer.

Passage: With logistic growth, the population starts out growing slowly, and then the rate of growth increasesbut only to a point. The rate of growth tapers off as the population size approaches its carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is the largest population size that can be supported in an area without harming the environment. This type of growth characterizes many populations. Answer: slowly
With logistic growth, how does population growth start out?