Definition: Arithmetic growth

OECD - Data and Metadata Reporting

Arithmetic growth refers to the situation where a variable increases by a constant [amount in terms of the ] number of persons (or other objects) in each period being analysed.

Source:
Rowland, D., 2003, "Demographic Methods and Concepts", Section 1: Population Dynamics, Part 2: Population growth and decline, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK [quoted in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), "Data and Metadata Reporting and Presentation Handbook", OECD, Paris, 2007]

Created:
2009-09-30

Updated:
2019-05-10