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If a country's growth rate is 0.8 percent, what is the approximate doubling time using the Rule of 70?

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Correct answer: 87.5 years

The Rule of 70 is a convenient way to estimate how long a population takes to double when its annual growth rate is approximately constant. The formula is doubling time approximately equal to 70 divided by the growth rate in percent. Since the rate is 0.8 percent, use 0.8 directly in the division rather than converting it to 0.008.

Doubling time ≈ 70 ÷ 0.8 = 87.5 years. Therefore, option C is correct. The long time is reasonable because 0.8 percent is a relatively slow annual increase. For comparison, a 1 percent rate would give about 70 years, so a rate below 1 percent should require more than 70 years. The estimate assumes the rate remains broadly unchanged and does not model yearly demographic fluctuations.

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Doubling Time0.8 Percent GrowthRule Of 70Population GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And GrowthGeography

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