Demographic Transition Model

Question 1

What does the DTM show?

Answer 1

The changes in a population of a country over time.

Question 2

What is natural change?

Answer 2

The gap between the birthrate and deathrate.

Question 3

What are the 4 factors that affect a population?
1.
2.
3.
4.

Answer 3

Birthrate.
Deathrate.
Immigration.
Emigration.

Question 4

What type of populations are in each stage?
Stage 1:
Stage 2:
Stage 3:
Stage 4:
Stage 5:

Answer 4

Stage 1: Indigenous tribes.
Stage 2: LICs.
Stage 3: NEEs.
Stage 4: HICs.
Stage 5: HICs.

Question 5

What are the characteristics of Stage 1?

The population is _______________.

_______ birth rate.
_______ death rate.

That fluctuate due to _______________________.

Answer 5

fairly stable

High
High

disease, famine and war

Question 6

What are the characteristics of Stage 2?

Death rate _____________.
Birth rate ________________.

So the population _____________.

Answer 6

decreases
remains high
increases

Question 7

What are the characteristics of Stage 3?

The birth rate drops _________.

Death rate continues to decrease at a ____________.

The population grows more _______.

Answer 7

drops rapidly

slower rate

slowly

Question 8

What are the characteristics of Stage 4?

______ birth rate.

______ death rate.

Birth rates can _____________ depending on the _____________________.

Answer 8

Low

Low

fluctuate
economic situation

Question 9

What are the characteristics of Stage 5?

The birth rate ____________ the death rate because of the ______________________.

So the population starts to ____________.

Answer 9

falls below
ageing population

decrease