Population growth is said to be explosive when growth rate is: (A) < 0.5, (B) 0.5 - 1, (C) 1 - 1.5, (D) > 2
Answer is D. When crude death rate is substracted from crude bih rate , the net residual is current annual grow rate exclusive of migration When the annual growth rate is > 2%, the population growth is said to be explosive Reference: Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, Page no: 481