d/b population growth and population change
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Four differences between Population Growth and Population Change:-
Population Growth:
(a) Population growth is the difference between birth rate and death rate plus migration per year.
(b) It is expressed in percentage.
(c) Growth rate was 2.14% per year as per census 1991. It has declined to 1.93% per year in 2001.
(d) Growth of population refers to the change in the number of inhabitants of a country/territory during a specific period of time, say during the last ten years.
Population Change:
(a) Population change is the number of people added to the total population in a year.
(b) It is expressed in the addition of number of people.
(c) Population was 84.64 crore in 1991. It increased to 102.87 crore in 2001, an addition of 18.2 crore in a decade.
(d) Population change is about changes in population composition; like age structure, sex ratio, literacy rate, occupational structure, etc.