Question

the population of Umtata in 2003 was 4146580 and for Queenstown it was 12238300. What is the index of population for Umtatat compared to Queenstown

Answer 1

Indexes are used to get compare the difference between two components by expressing one component in terms of the other component.

In finding an index, we get one number as a base.

In this case the population for queenstown is the base.

Base = 12238300

Index :

4146580/12238300 × 100 = 33.88