Which one of the following measures the natural growth rate …

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Which one of the following measures the natural growth rate of population?

  1. Birth_rate · Death_rate
  2. Birth + Net migration = Death
  3. Natural increase – Birth rate + Net migration
  4. Birth rate – Death rate ✓
Explanation

The natural growth rate counts only births and deaths, without migration.

It is birth rate − death rate. For example, 40 births minus 15 deaths per 1,000 people gives 25 per 1,000.

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