Question

Country Z has a population of 200,000. The number of births in 2016 was 400. What was the birth rate for 2016?

Answer 1

The birth rate BR is

$$BR=\frac{\text{births}}{\text{population}}\cdot1000=\\ \space\\=\frac{400}{200000}\cdot1000=2\text{ births per 1000 people}.$$