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Human Geography · Problem type
Stages of the demographic transition
Use this for “Which stage of the demographic transition is this country in, and what comes next?”
Put in order
Put the stages of the demographic transition in order.
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Assumptions
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The model follows birth and death rates as a country industrializes; the gap between them is the natural increase.
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Deaths fall first, so the population grows fastest while births are still high.
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It describes what happened in Europe; a country can stall in a stage, and migration is left out.
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