Question

Read the article titled "Demographic Transition Model." Identify and describe the four stages of demographic transition. (Site 2)

Answer 1

Stage 1: High Equilibrium
High birth rate and high death rate

Stage 2: Early Population Increase
Decreasing death rate, constant birth rate

Stage 3: Late Population Increase
Death rate stabilizes at a lower amount, birth rate decreases

Stage 4: Low Equilibrium
Low birth rate and low death rate

Answer 2

The four stages of demographic transition are namely high equilibrium, early population growth, late population growth, and low equilibrium.

Step-by-step explanation:

• In the process of demographic transition, the first stage that appears is that of high equilibrium.

• In this stage, the "birth rate and the death rate" are equal. After the first stage of high equilibrium, comes the next stage of early population growth.

• In this stage, the population keeps growing due to the "decrease in the death rate". In the third stage of late population growth, the population growth rate stabilizes due to decreased birth rate.

• In the final "stage of demographic transition", i.e. in the stage of low equilibrium, both the death rate and the birth rate reach their lowest.