Question

the population of the world is approximately 6200 million people. it is increasing by approximately 93 million people each year. use this information to calculate the percentage increase in the population over a year.

Answer 1

Given:
approximate population: 6,200 million
approximate increase: 93 million

Percentage increase:

93,000,000 / 6,200,000,000 = 0.015
0.015 x 100% = 1.5% increase