Birth rates, death rates and population growth rates

Question 1

What is ‘birth rate’?

Answer 1

The number of babies born in one per 1 000 people in a country.

Question 2

What is ‘death rate’?

Answer 2

The number of deaths in one year per 1 000 people in a country.

Question 3

What is ‘population growth rate’?

Answer 3

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