Birth, Death And Population Growth Rates

Question 1

How do you calculate population growth rate?

Answer 1

The population growth rate is the difference between the birth rate and the death rate in a country
(birth rate - death rate = population growth rate)

Question 2

What is the infant mortality rate?

Answer 2

The infant mortality rate is the number of babies that die before they reach the age of one

Question 3

How is the infant mortality rate measured?

Answer 3

We measure the infant mortality rate as the number of deaths per thousand births

Question 4

What else is population growth affected by?

Answer 4

The number of people who permanently leave or come to live in a country