Title: population growth rate
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - population growth rate
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.14939
Status: current

Definition
Change in population size \(\Delta N\) during a specified time period \(\Delta t\) \[\Delta N/\Delta t = (b - d)N\] where \(N\) is population size, \(b\) is per capita birth rate, and \(d\) is per capita death rate.

Related Terms
- per capita birth rate: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14904
- per capita death rate: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14905
- per capita rate of increase: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14906
- population: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14932

Source
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 930 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)

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Citation: Citation: 'population growth rate' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14939
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