APES Population Math

The tiny country of Fremont has a net immigration of 3 per 1,000, a crude birth rate of 9 per 1,000, and a crude death rate of 11 per 1,000.  What is the growth rate (r) for this country?

• 1.0%
• 10%
• .01%
• .1%

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The small town of West Fremont has a population of 50,000.  If the growth rate of West Fremont is 2%, then how long will it take for the population of West Fremont to double?

• 70 years
• 7 years
• 35 years
• 3.5 years

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New Fremont had a CBR of 12 in 2016 and a CDR 9. If the current population of New Fremont is 150,000, approximately how long will it take the country to double its population using the current growth rate?

• 233 years
• 116 years
• 58 years
• 36 years

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Central Fremont has a crude birth rate of 24 and a crude death rate of 8.  What is the natural annual increase of Central Fremont?

• 16%
• .16%
• 1.6%
• 44 years

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A population takes about seven years to double in size.  This population annual percentage growth is approximately

• 2%
• 7%
• 10%
• 15%

A population experienced a birth rate of 23 people per thousand and a death rate of 11 deaths per thousand.  What is the approximate growth rate of the population?

• 2.4%
• 1.2%
• 3.8%
• 0.12%

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If the human population is about 6.1 billion and is growing at a rate of 1.35%. If the world population were to grow at this rate for the next year, approximately how many people would be added

• 8 x 10⁵
• 8 x 10⁶
• 8 x 10⁷
• 8 x 10⁹

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In 2011, China had a population of 1.357 billion people. In 2011, 9.8 million people died in China. What is the death rate? Both as a percentage and per 1000.

• 0.7% or 7/1000
• 0.5% or 5/1000
• 0.3% or 3/1000
• 0.9% or 9/1000

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Canada has a total area of 9,984,670 km², but 891,163 km² of that are freshwater lakes. If Canada has a population of 30,750,087 people, what is its population density?

• 1 person per km²
• 2 people per km²
• 3 people per km²
• 4 people per km²