The document outlines the 5 stages of the demographic transitional model: 1. High Stationary stage - Both birth and death rates are high resulting in slow population growth due to factors like lack of healthcare and family planning. 2. Early Expanding stage - Birth rate remains high while death rate falls rapidly due to improvements in healthcare and sanitation, causing rapid population increase. 3. Late Expanding stage - Birth rate begins to decline while death rate continues falling, leading to sustained population growth. 4. Low Stationary stage - Both birth and death rates are low, resulting in low steady population growth due to increased education, financial independence, and family planning. 5. Declining stage - Birth

1. Stages of the Demographic
Transitional Model
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2. Stage 1 - High Stationary stage
Birth and death rate are both high. The population growth is slow.
Birth Rate is high as a result of: Death Rate is high because of:
Lack of family planning
High Infant Mortality Rate
Need for workers in agriculture
Religious beliefs
Children as economic assets
High levels of disease
Famine
Lack of clean water and sanitation
Lack of health care
War
Lack of education
Reasons

3. Reasons
 Death Rate is falling as a result of:
 Improved medical care
 Improved Hygiene
 Improved sanitation
 Provision of clean water
 Improved food production and storage
 Improved transport for food
 Decreased Infant Mortality Rate
Stage 2 - Early Expanding stage
Birth rate is high, but the death rate is rapidly falling. Population begins to
increase rapidly.

4. Reasons:
 Family planning available
 Lower Infant Mortality Rate
 Increased mechanization reduces need for workers
 Increased standard of living
 Changing status of women
 Woman delay marriage and child bearing
Stage 3 - Late Expanding stage
The birth rate starts to drop/fall and the death rate continue to fall.
Population increases.

5. Reasons:
 Better health care
 Higher levels of education
 Stronger economies
 Higher proportion of working women
Stage 4 - Low Stationary stage
Birth and death rate is low. Population growth is low/steady.

6. Reasons:
 A rise in individualism
 Greater financial independence for women
 An increase in non-traditional lifestyles
 Lack of resources for future generations
 Family Planning
 Later marriages
Stage 5 - Declining stage
Birth rate is lower than the death rate, causing a decline/decrease in the
population.
This stage has only recently been discovered, as there is only a few
countries that is in this stage. The elderly population is more than the
youth population.
The Demographic transitional Model does not
take into account migration