The Demographic Transition Model Flashcards

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What is the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)?

A model showing how birth rate, death rate and total population change as a country develops, through five stages.

What happens to birth and death rates in Stage 2 of the DTM, and what level of development does this suggest?

Death rate falls sharply while birth rate stays high, so population grows fast - typical of an LIC.

What happens to birth and death rates in Stage 3 of the DTM, and what level of development does this suggest?

Birth rate falls rapidly while death rate continues to fall slowly, so population growth slows - typical of an NEE.

Give one economic benefit of the falling birth rate in Stage 3 of the DTM.

Less money is needed for maternity services and schools, so more can be spent on developing industry.

True or false? Countries in Stage 4 of the DTM have low birth rates and low death rates.

True. Both rates are low and population is high but steady, typical of an HIC.

What are birth and death rates like in Stage 1 of the DTM, and what happens to the population?

Both rates are high and fluctuate, so the total population stays low and fairly steady. No country is in Stage 1 today; only a few isolated communities still fit it.

What happens to the population in Stage 5 of the DTM, and why?

It slowly falls (natural decrease), because the birth rate drops below the death rate and the population becomes increasingly elderly.