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NABTEB Economics 2024 Objective — Question 27

Question 27 of 50 from the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) Economics 2024 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

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In determining the growth of a country's population, infant mortality is a component of

  • A. A. immigration rate
  • B. B. fertility rate
  • C. C. net migration
  • D. D. death rateCorrect

Explanation

Mortality is another name for death while fertility is another name for birth. However, infant mortality is a component of death rate. The factors that determine the population growth rate includes birth rate, death rate, immigration, emigration etc.

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