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Why can percentage growth be more useful than absolute growth when comparing populations?

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Correct answer: Because it accounts for the size of the initial population

Absolute growth tells how many people were added, but it does not show the size of the population that produced that increase. Percentage growth divides the increase by the initial population, making the change relative to the starting size. This is especially useful when comparing countries or regions with very different populations.

For example, adding 100,000 people means 10% growth for a population of 1,000,000 but only 1% growth for a population of 10,000,000. Thus percentage growth accounts for the initial population size, so option A is correct. It does not count only births or exclude deaths; the population change may reflect births, deaths and migration.

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Percentage GrowthAbsolute GrowthPopulation ComparisonGrowth RatePopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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