Social and economic indicators of development influence population growth including birth rates and death rates whilst physical and human factors affect population distribution in a country.
Development is an increase in the standard of living of the people in a country. It includes economic factors, such as wealth, and social factors such as literacy.
Both social and economic indicators can be used to determine if a country is developed or developing, and to identify the main similarities and differences between them.
These measure the economic output or wealth of a country. They include Gross National Product (GNP) per person, which is the value of goods produced by a country divided by the total population to give an average income for each citizen.
Problems with looking at only one indicator such as GNP are: