Business I / Population and Urbanization
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A country has a birth rate of 22 and a death rate of 8 per 1,000, and net migration adds 2 per 1,000. Compute its total growth rate as a percentage.

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  1. Natural increase: (22 − 8) per 1,000.
  2. Add migration: 16 per 1,000 = ?%
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Why

(228+2)/1000=16/1000=1.6%(22 - 8 + 2) / 1000 = 16 / 1000 = 1.6\% a year. Rule of 70: doubling in about 44 years, the kind of number housing planners need before the babies are born.

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