Now answer these questions about the nations above..... 11. Which nation has the

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Now answer these questions about the nations above..... 11. Which nation has the highest overall birth rate? 12. Which nation has the highest overall death rate? Vhich nation has the highest range between death and birth rates, with the birth rate being higher? 14. Which nation has the highest range between death and birth rates, with the death rate being higher? 15. Which nation will MOST LIKELY have the most population increase in 25 years? 16. Which nation will MOST LIKELY have the most population decrease in 25 years?

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11. Nigeria

12. Nigeria

13. Nigeria

14. Portugal

15. China. This asnwer depends on a number of factors including current population (not provided), current growth rate (which is provided) and its history (not provided), It is impossible to answer this question using just this data. There are two close competitors according to the birth rate - death rate (current growth rate) China and Nigeria, but China has a much larger population, which along with its high growth rate contributes to a much larger increase in population compared to Nigeria.

16. Portugal, clearly because it is the only nation in the group with a moderately high, negative growth rate (-2.1)

From CIA's The World Factbook (as of 2017) Sr.No Country Birth Rate Death Rate 1 China 12.30 7.80 2 Canada 10.30 8.70 3 Nigeria 36.90 12.40 4 Thailand 11.00 8.00 5 Finland 10.70 10.00 6 Portugal 9.00 11.10 7 United Arab Emirates 15.10 1.90 8 New Zealand 13.20 7.50 9 Argentina 16.70 7.50 10 Democratic Republic of Congo 33.50 9.60

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