Economics 2281 · O Level · Population

Population — practice question

At the beginning of the year, a developing country had a population of $1\,000\,000$, with a birth rate of $16.0$ per thousand per annum and a death rate of $8.0$ per thousand per annum. By the end of the year, the population had risen to $1\,005\,000$. What might account for this change in the population?

  • AThe birth rate rose.
  • BThe death rate fell.
  • CThere were $3000$ emigrants.
  • DThere were $5000$ immigrants.

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