Question

In​ 2015, there were approximately 3,740,000 births in a country. Find the birth rate in births per minute. Assuming a population of 333 ​million, what was the annual birth rate in units of births per 1000​ people?

Answer 1

To find the birth rate in births per minute, you can divide the total number of births in 2015 by the total number of minutes in a year (assuming there are 365 days in a year, each with 24 hours, and each hour with 60 minutes):

Births per minute = Total births in 2015 / Total minutes in a year

Total minutes in a year = 365 days * 24 hours * 60 minutes = 525,600 minutes

Births per minute = 3,740,000 / 525,600 ≈ 7.11 births per minute

Now, to find the annual birth rate in units of births per 1,000 people, you can use the given population of 333 million:

Annual birth rate = (Total births in 2015 / Population) * 1000

Annual birth rate = (3,740,000 / 333,000,000) * 1000 ≈ 11.23 births per 1,000 people

So, the birth rate in 2015 was approximately 7.11 births per minute and approximately 11.23 births per 1,000 people.