Saturday, September 20, 2014

Measuring Population 

- crude birth rate : number of births per 1,000 of the population
- crude death rate : number of deaths per 1,000 of the population 

Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)

-  produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate 
-  gives us annual natural growth rate in percentage form for a country or region 

More Measurement of Population 

-  net migration rate : the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country      during a year  

-  an excess of persons entering the country is net immigration 
          - written as a positive number 
          - Ex. Canada has 5.65 migrants per 1,000 population 
          - United States 3.62

-  an excess of persons leaving the country is net immigration 
          - written as a negative number 
          - Ex. Mexico has -3.1l migrants per 1,000 population
          - It was -3.61 last year  

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