Demographic Transition Model

Question 1

What is the demographic transition model ?

Answer 1

Demonstrates how the population fluctuates over time
Includes the birth rates , death rates, and natural increase and is split into 5 different stages
Demographic : the study of population
Transition : change
Model : simplified version of reality

Question 2

Stage 1 :

Answer 2

Population is low but the birth and death rates are high

Question 3

Stage 2 :

Answer 3

Population begins to increase as death rates fall due to the improvement in medicine and sanitations
Birth rates remain high

Question 4

Stage 3 :

Answer 4

• Population is still increasing but more slowly now as birth rates fall due to increased acess to contraception and family planning, improvement in health care
• Death rate continues to fall but at a slower rate than at stage two

Question 5

Stage 4 :

Answer 5

Population is now high but as birth rates and death rates are now low, the rate of population change is steadier than before

Question 6

Stage 5 :

Answer 6

Population may start to decline at this point due to low birth rates and ageing population leading to a slight increase in death rate