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NATURAL GROWTH RATEBirth rate − death rate
Births add people. Deaths subtract them.
You need both rates to work out natural growth.
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ONE WRONG OPTIONMigration
Known for: Population change through movement.
Wrong here: Natural growth counts births and deaths, excluding migration.
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- Natural growth rate = CBR − CDR.
- Total population change also includes net migration.
- Marriages are not a direct term in the formula.
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U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2018
Natural growth of population is the outcome of which of the following?
- A. Crude Birth Rate
- B. Crude Death Rate
- C. Migration
- D. Marriages
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