Economics · Oct / Nov 2017 · Paper 12 · Question 26

At the start of the year a developing country had a population of 1 000 000, its birth rate was 16.0 per thousand per annum and its death rate was 8.0 per thousand per annum. At the end of the year the population was 1 005 000. What could explain this change in the population?

1. AThe birth rate rose.
2. BThe death rate fell.
3. CThere were 3000 emigrants.
4. DThere were 5000 immigrants.

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