The four factors that produce changes in population size are birth rate, death rate,

immigration, and emigration. Birth rate is the number of births of a sample size per 1000 people
per year. Birth rates are affected by many factors such as the ability to receive health care,
family planning, the use and availability of contraceptives, governmental policies, economic
growth, education, social and cultural views, and the use of abortion. Death rate is the number of
deaths of a sample of per 1000 people per year. Death rates are caused by the lack of availability
of food and water, lack of education, disease, lack of medical care, suicide, car accidents, crime,
war, and government entities. Immigration is people entering a country for various reasons.
Pull Factors A country offering incentives for immigration, education, social and economic
factors. Emigration is people leaving a country for various reasons.
Push Factors - Social and economic factors, natural hazard, education opportunities, political
instability, war, and others.
The factors that affect population size in the video are birth rate and death rate. The female
Nutria has the ability to give birth to up to 40 young in three years, with the young having the
ability to reproduce at six months in age. This would give them the ability to flourish and build a
much higher population. The death rate would be in regards to the vegetation population that
the Nutria use as a food source. When the food source is depleted one can expected to see the
population decline due to death.