
As you are saying that a country's population was 340,000 in 1980 AD .
And it increased 20% in the decade of 1980 - 1990 .
So now we have to find 20% of 340,000
=> (340,000/ 100) × 20
=> 68000
So now the country's population in 1990 AD was = 340,000 + 68000
=>

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