Births and Deaths

crude birth rate~ number of births per 1000 of the population

crude death rate~ number of deaths per 1000 of the population

rate of natural increase (RNI)~ produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate

this gives us the annual natural growth rate in percentage form for a country or region

net migration rate~ the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during  year

net immigration~ an excess of persons entering the country

~ written as a positive number

net emigration~ excess of people leaving the country

~written as a negative number


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