The phrase "a rapid growth in the number" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an increase in quantity or frequency of something over a short period of time.
Example: "The report highlighted a rapid growth in the number of electric vehicles on the road in the past year."
Alternatives: "a swift increase in the number" or "a quick rise in the number".
Ms. Pemberton, 48, is representative of a nationwide trend that state officials, law enforcement authorities and criminologists are struggling to understand: a rapid growth in the number of women being arrested, convicted and sent to prison.
According to the Gender Identity Research and Education Society (Gires), there has been a rapid growth in the number of people coming forward and declaring gender identities which differ from their birth gender assignment.
A12 More Women in Prison State officials, law enforcement authorities and criminologists are struggling to understand a nationwide trend: a rapid growth in the number of women being arrested, convicted and sent to prison.
As a parent of four high school graduates and one high school student, over the past decade I have witnessed a rapid growth in the number of students driving their own cars.
Statistical surveys in the Stockholm area have shown a rapid growth in the number of cyclists as well as an increase in problems associated with an overburdened cycle infrastructure.
With a rapid growth in the number of publications on analytical applications of RTILs, it appears that in the near future these neoteric solvents are definitely going to be a permanent feature in analytical chemistry.
So, there has been a rapid growth in the numbers of cases waiting to be tried.
Among the findings of the study were a significant increase in player turnover as well as a rapid growth in the total number of professional footballers since 1986.
Since there is a rapid growth in the human population.
In the case of an atomic bomb, however, a very rapid growth in the number of fissions is sought.
A chart from a 2014 report by Transforming Youth Recovery shows the rapid growth in the number of on-campus programs in the past few years.
