Birth rates, death rates, total fertility rate and natural change

What this note covers

1. Crude birth rate and crude death rate: the basic building blocks
2. Natural increase and natural change: combining the two rates
3. Total fertility rate: a different measure entirely from birth rate
4. Worked example: calculating and interpreting a country's demographic data
5. Economic and sociocultural factors influencing these trends
6. Comparing trends in developed and developing countries
7. How this is examined and what a top response includes

7 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes