There were approximately 1.3 million births in Turkey last year which has a total population of about 80 million people

Question

1. There were approximately 1.3 million births in Turkey last year which has a total population of about 80 million people.
2. (a) Find the birth rate in births per minute.
3. (b) Find the birth rate in births per 100,000 people.

Answer 1

a) To solve this question, we first need to figure out how many minutes there are in a year:

1. 60 mins/hr * 24 hrs/day * 365 days/yr (using a common calendar) = 525,600
2. 1,300,000 / 525,600 = 2.47 births / min

b) To calculate births per 100,000 people, note that:

1. 100,000 * 800 = 80,000,000
2. 100,000 * 13 = 1,300,000

So, we can calculate births/100,000 people by calculating 13/800 = .01625