Question

Suppose you are studying a population with the following characteristics: Birth rate = 14 per 1,000/year Death rate = 6 per 1,000/year Immigration rate = 5 per 1,000/year Emigration rate = 1 per 1,000/year What is the growth rate for this population?

Answer 1

12 per 1,000 / year would be population growth

Explanation:

To know the population growth it is important to know what it contributes to its growth and that it decreases it.

Birth rate ==> increases growth

Death rate ==> decreases growth

Immigration rate ==> increases growth

Emigration rate ==> decreases growth

Now it only remains to add those that increase growth and subtract those that decrease, like this:

14 per 1,000 / year - 6 per 1,000 / year + 5 per 1,000 / year - 1 per 1,000 / year = 12 per 1,000 / year

12 per 1,000 / year would be population growth