The President of the World Bank Has Asked You to Calculate

question 45

Multiple Choice

The president of the World Bank has asked you to calculate the average population growth rate of Nigeria from 1960 to 2010. You know the population in 1960 was about 42 million and in 2010 about 152 million. The average growth rate is about:

• A) 16.4 percent
• B) 0.9 percent
• C) 0.0 percent
• D) -4.1 percent
• E) 2.6 percent