Pick a country of your choice that is experiencing population growth. 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
My country is Australia
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Australia is the most sparsely populated of the inhabited continents.
The estimated total population in 2007 was 20,434,176, Australia’s population grew at a relatively modest rate of about 1.3 percent annually from 1996 to 2001.
This site has the Australia population figures for the last several years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia
To find the population growth rate subtract the population of 2006 from 2007. Divide that answer by the 2006 population.
Using Australia data in the reference provided by MsSue,
20,743,300 (26 January 2007)
20,605,500 (26 January 2006)
20,171,300 (26 January 2005)
20,100,000 (26 January 2004)
19,438,000 (26 January 2003)
19,662,800 (26 January 2002)
19,436,000 (26 January 2001)
19,157,000 (26 January 2000)
The growth rate r from 2006 to 2007 was 0.67% per year. A longer-term average growth rate (r) from 2000 to 2007 (a six-year period)would be
20,743,300/19,157,000 = (1+r)^6
1.0828 = (1+r)^6
log 1.0828 = 6 log (1+r)
log(1+r) = 0.00576
1+r = 1.01335
r = 1.335%
These numbers agree well with yours. There does seem to have been a dropoff in the growth rate to 0.67% during the past year. You might want to use that rate for making your extrapolation (prediction) to 2008.
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To find the population growth rate and approximate the population of Australia in 2008, we need to gather some data.
Step 1: Find the most recent population count of Australia.
Based on the information provided, the estimated total population of Australia in 2007 was 20,434,176.
Step 2: Determine the growth rate of Australia's population.
The information provided states that Australia's population grew at a relatively modest rate of about 1.3 percent annually from 1996 to 2001. However, no specific growth rate for the year 2008 is mentioned. Therefore, we will assume a similar growth rate for the period leading up to 2008.
Step 3: Approximate the population in the year 2008 using the growth rate.
To calculate the approximate population in 2008, we can use the formula:
Population in 2008 = Population in 2007 + (Population in 2007 * Growth rate)
Using the estimated population of 20,434,176 in 2007 and a growth rate of 1.3%, we can calculate the approximate population in 2008 as follows:
Population in 2008 ≈ 20,434,176 + (20,434,176 * 0.013)
≈ 20,434,176 + 265,241.288
Therefore, the approximate population of Australia in the year 2008 is approximately 20,699,417.
It's important to note that this estimate assumes a constant growth rate and does not take into account any specific factors or events that may have affected population growth during that period.