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How is population growth rate different from absolute increase?

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Correct answer: Growth rate shows change as a rate or percentage, while absolute increase shows the actual numerical change

Direct answer: Option B is correct. Absolute increase tells us how many people were actually added or lost. It is found by subtracting the earlier population from the later population, so it is expressed as a number. For example, if a population rises from 10,000 to 12,000, the absolute increase is 2,000 people. Growth rate compares this change with the earlier population and usually expresses it as a percentage or rate. Thus, the same increase can represent different growth rates in populations of different sizes. Option A is wrong because neither term is simply a list of births or the death rate. Option C confuses population measures with physical area and rainfall. Option D is wrong because the two measures answer different questions: “how many?” versus “how fast or what proportion?” Memory cue: absolute increase is the number added; growth rate is the relative change.

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Population GrowthAbsolute IncreaseGrowth RatePercentagePopulationGeographyClass 9 Mcq

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