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Growth rate
Hopefully a simple query.
I have population numbers for a village at two census dates:
1971 3028 people
1981 4271 people
I'd like to calculate the exponential growth rate and fill in the missing population numbers for 1972-1980.
many thanks, Liam
2 Replies
lkennedy19 Since you ask for "exponential growth", use the GROWTH function. See attached example.
Hi lkennedy19,
I have a feeling I'm missing something here.
See attached document.
Here's what I did...
1981-1971 = 10 (years)
4271-3028 = 1243 (the change in 10 years)
1243/10 = 124.3 (increase per year)
Add it up year over year!
Let me know if I missed the shot here.
Ben
