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A country's population rises from 5 million to 6.05 million. What is the total percentage growth?

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Correct answer: 21 percent

Percentage growth compares the increase with the original population, not with the final population. First find the absolute increase by subtracting the starting population from the final population. Then divide that increase by the starting population and multiply by 100 to express it as a percentage.

The increase is \(6.05-5=1.05\) million. The percentage growth is \(1.05/5\times100=21\) percent. Equivalently, the final population is 1.21 times the original population, which represents a 21 percent increase. Therefore, option C is correct. Using the final population as the denominator would calculate a different measure and would not be the usual percentage growth from the starting value.

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Percentage GrowthPopulation CalculationAbsolute IncreaseRelative GrowthPopulation GrowthThe World Population – DistributionDensity And GrowthThe World Population Distribution Density And Growth

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