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If two countries both grow at 1 percent but one has five times the population of the other, which country will add more people in absolute terms in one year?

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Correct answer: The larger country

A percentage rate is applied to the population base. At the same rate of 1 percent, a larger population produces a larger absolute increase because one percent of a larger number is greater. If the smaller country has population \(P\), its one-year increase is \(0.01P\). The other country has five times that population, \(5P\), so its increase is \(0.01\times5P=0.05P\), which is five times larger. Therefore, the larger country adds more people, and option C is correct.

The percentage rates are equal, but the absolute numbers are not. For example, 1 percent of one million is 10000, while 1 percent of five million is 50000. Birth-rate details are not needed because the question already gives the equal growth rate. The result concerns absolute additions, not which country grows faster proportionally.

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Absolute IncreaseSame Growth RatePopulation SizePopulation ComparisonPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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