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Identify the elements that influence population growth, including birth rate, death rate, net migration, immigration, and emigration.

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CambridgeIGCSEEconomicsEconomic development

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  • Identify the elements that influence population growth, including birth rate, death rate, net migration, immigration, and emigration.
  • Explain the reasons behind varying rates of population growth across different nations, focusing on the differences in birth rates, death rates, and net migration.
  • Discuss the impact of changes in population size and structure on various countries, including the idea of an optimum population and the effects of demographic shifts such as age and gender distribution. Note that understanding a population pyramid is necessary, but creating one is not required.

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