distinguish between poppopulation growth and population change
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Explanation:
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.
Increase in the number of individuals in a population.
Determined by the difference between the birth rate and death rate plus migration per year.
Expressed in percentage.
Increase in population.
Does not altar the population composition.
Change in the number of people during a specific time period .
Determined by the difference between the size of the population from beginning to the end of a certain time of period .
Expressed in the number of individuals .
Can be an increase and decrease.
Can alter the population composition.