Waec Model Questions Vol1 2024 Economics Question 43
Practice objective / multiple choice question 43 from the 2024 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Economics examination.
A country's population was 30 million in 1990. From 1990 to 2000 it grew at an annual rate of 2.5%. From 2000 to 2010 the annual growth rate fell to 1.8%. Beginning in 2011 the growth rate starts to decline linearly by 0.05 percentage points each year (i.e., 1.75% in 2011, 1.70% in 2012, …) until it reaches 0.5%, after which it remains constant. Assuming the rates apply to the population at the start of each year, in which calendar year will the population first exceed 50 million?
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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2024 Economics Question 43. It is one of the objective questions from the 2024 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Economics examination.
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