Chapter 4.2, Problem 135E

To determine

To calculate: The annual growth rate and the estimated population of the world by using the information given below:

From period of 1950 to 1987;

P = 5 billion, ${\text{P}}_0=2.5\text{billion}$ and time is 37 years.

From period of 1987 to 2010;

${\text{P}}_0=5\text{billion}$, time is 27 years and rate of growth is $r=1.63\%or0.0163$