This exercise uses the population growth model.


The population of a country has a relative growth rate of 2% per year. The government is trying to reduce the growth rate to 1%. The population in 2011 was approximately 150 million. Find the projected population for the year 2039 for the following conditions. (Round your answers to the nearest million.)

(a) The relative growth rate remains at 2% per year.
(b)The relative growth rate is reduced to 1% per year.