Multiple choice

Which of the following is correct about population growth rate?

  1. It represents the number of new births that have taken place.

  2. It represents the growth in population in relation to the growth in resource endowment.

  3. It represents the birth rate subtracted from the death rate and migration rate.

  4. It represents the total number of female births in a year.

  5. It represents the growth in the population in relation to the growth in income levels of the population.
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Explanation

It is the simple increase in the total population per annum and is calculated in terms of percentage increase in the number of births deducted from the total number of deaths and migrations.

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