Calculating growth rate
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Pick a country of your choice that is experiencing population growth. Using the Library, web resources, and/or other materials to find the most recent population count of the country you have chosen and the population growth rate of that country. Use that growth rate to approximate the population in the year 2008. Show how each of your approximations were made by including your calculations. Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.
Example: The population of India in 2005 was 1,080,264,388. The growth rate is 1.4%.
In 2006, the approximate population is 1,095,388,089.
In 2007, approximate population is 1,110,723,523.
In 2008, approximate population is 1,126,273,652.
I need to know how to calculate the growth rate.
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This provides an example of how to calculate growth rate for a given country.
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To see the 1.4% growth rate, here's what to do:
1,080,264,388 x 0.014 = 15,123,701
Then you add 15123701 to 1,080,264,388 to get the ...
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