What does "growth rate" mean?

The amount of growth in a quantity per unit of time.

Growth rate

Common synonyms include: rate of growth, abundance increase, accelerate progress, algorithmic complexity, bacterial culture growth, botanical growth.

noun

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Noun

1
The amount of growth in a quantity per unit of time.
"A global population growth rate of a constant 100 million people per year means an aging population."
2
the rate of increase in size per unit time wordnet
3
The amount of growth in a quantity per unit of time, relative to the amount of the quantity during that time.
"The growth rate is defined as the change in the dependent variable, Y, for a time period divided by the Y value at the beginning of the period."

"A global population growth rate of a constant 100 million people per year means an aging population."