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High birth and death rates → Declining death rates → Declining birth rates → Low birth and death rates
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Declining birth rates → Low birth and death rates → High birth and death rates → Declining death rates
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Low birth and death rates → High birth and death rates → Declining death rates → Declining birth rates
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Declining death rates → High birth rates → Low birth rates → High death rates
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Answer
The Demographic Transition Model describes how a country's population changes as it develops from a pre-industrial to a post-industrial society. It has five stages. In the first stage, both birth and death rates are high, leading to a stable population. In the second stage, death rates drop due to improvements in healthcare, while birth rates remain high, causing a population boom. In the third stage, birth rates begin to decline as people have fewer children, leading to a slower population growth.
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This option shows the correct order of changes in birth and death rates. Other options are incorrect because This option starts with low birth rates, which is not true for early societies; This option suggests low birth and death rates come first, which is incorrect.
Key Concepts
Demographic Transition Model
Population Dynamics
Aging Population
Topic
Demographic Transition Model
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medium level question
Cognitive Level
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