Canada's Population Growth Rate 2014
by Cecilia Chan
1. Death rate
1.1. Death rate - the number of deaths in a population per year per 1000 people
1.2. Canada 2014 death rate - 7.2
2. Immigration rate
2.1. Immigrant - a person who moves to one country to another country.
2.2. Immigration rate - the number of immigrants moving to a country per year per 1000 people.
2.3. Canada 2014 immigration rate - 7.5
3. Emigration rate
3.1. Emigrant - a person who leaves one country to move to another country.
3.2. Emigration rate - the number of emigrants moving from a country per year per 1000 people.
3.3. Canada 2014 emigration rate- 1.5
4. Population growth rate
4.1. Population growth rate - the natural increase rate plus the net migration rate.
4.2. Canada 2014 population growth rate - 1.0
5. Doubling time
5.1. Doubling time - the length of time for a country's population to double at a particular population growth rate
6. Net migration rate
6.1. Net migration rate - the immigration rate minus the emigration rate.
6.2. Canada 2014 net migration rate - 0.6
7. Natural increase rate
7.1. Natural increase rate - the birth rate minus the death rate.
7.2. Canada 2014 natural increase rate - 3.7
8. Birth rate
8.1. Birth rate - the number of births in a population per year per 1000 people
8.2. Canada 2014 birth rate - 10.9
9. Push factor
9.1. Push factor - a reason that encourages people to move away from their current country
9.2. Push factors: These could be fairly trivial, such as weather. They could also be serious - the threat of war, poor environmental conditions, or desperate economic problems
10. Pull factor
10.1. Pull factor - a reason that makes a particular country seem attractive to potential immigrants
10.2. Pull factors: When people have decided to migrate, they "shop around" for the country that seems most attractive to them. Attractive pull factors might include economics and educational opportunities and political stability. Having relatives or friends in another country is a very important pull factor.
