Population Rates? (CIA Factbook)?

I don’t really understand what some of the rates are for the country Spain in the CIA Factbook. Can you please explain them to me?

Population Growth Rate: 0.096%
Birth Rate: 9.87 Births/ 1,000 Population
Sex Ratio: 15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

The population growth rate basically represents the replacement rate of people. It is based on the death rate and birth rate. For a 0.096% growth rate, this means that the rate of people dying is smaller than the rate of babies being born, thus resulting in a positive growth rate.

The birth rate basically means what it says. 9.87 babies born per thousand people. Finally, the sex ratio shows that there are more males as compared to females as the male to female ratio is 1.01.

I hope this helps.

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One Response to Population Rates? (CIA Factbook)?

  1. superstes says:

    The population growth rate basically represents the replacement rate of people. It is based on the death rate and birth rate. For a 0.096% growth rate, this means that the rate of people dying is smaller than the rate of babies being born, thus resulting in a positive growth rate.

    The birth rate basically means what it says. 9.87 babies born per thousand people. Finally, the sex ratio shows that there are more males as compared to females as the male to female ratio is 1.01.

    I hope this helps.
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