Demographic Transition Model (DTM) Exam
2025 Questions and Answers
What is demography? - ANS The study of population
What does the DTM explain? - ANS Birth and death rate patterns across the world and
through time
What does it show links between? - ANS Demographic and economic changes
How many stages is it divided into? - ANS 5
What do the different stages show? - ANS Shows change from high birth and death rates in
stage 1 to low birth and death rates in stage 5
What does the DTM look like? - ANS
What are countries in stage 1 like? - ANS The Amazon Rainforest
Birth rate: high and fluctuating
Death rate: high and fluctuating
Natural increase: low
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, Reason for change in birth rate: low levels of contraception and children are cheap and are
needed to work
Reason for change in death rate: low levels of medical care and no doctors
When was the UK in stage 1? - ANS Before and around 1760
What is the key factor that distinguishes stage 1 from stage 2? - ANS A decrease in death rate
What are countries in stage 2 like? - ANS Afghanistan
Birth rate: high, decreasing slightly
Death rate: decreasing dramatically
Natural increase: becoming high
Reason for change in birth rate: women receive little education about contraception and
religions don't approve of contraception
Reason for change in death rate: improved medical care and cleaner water supplies and
increased food output
What does the gap between birth and death rate cause in countries in stage 2? -
ANS Population growth
The further apart the lines are, the faster the rate of growth
What are the economies like of countries in stage 2? - ANS Mostly agricultural
What keeps birth rates high in countries in stage 2? - ANS Children are needed to work the
land as they can produce more food than they eat
Why might birth rates increase slightly for countries in stage 2? - ANS Fewer mothers are
dying in childbirth so they go on to have more children
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2025 Questions and Answers
What is demography? - ANS The study of population
What does the DTM explain? - ANS Birth and death rate patterns across the world and
through time
What does it show links between? - ANS Demographic and economic changes
How many stages is it divided into? - ANS 5
What do the different stages show? - ANS Shows change from high birth and death rates in
stage 1 to low birth and death rates in stage 5
What does the DTM look like? - ANS
What are countries in stage 1 like? - ANS The Amazon Rainforest
Birth rate: high and fluctuating
Death rate: high and fluctuating
Natural increase: low
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, Reason for change in birth rate: low levels of contraception and children are cheap and are
needed to work
Reason for change in death rate: low levels of medical care and no doctors
When was the UK in stage 1? - ANS Before and around 1760
What is the key factor that distinguishes stage 1 from stage 2? - ANS A decrease in death rate
What are countries in stage 2 like? - ANS Afghanistan
Birth rate: high, decreasing slightly
Death rate: decreasing dramatically
Natural increase: becoming high
Reason for change in birth rate: women receive little education about contraception and
religions don't approve of contraception
Reason for change in death rate: improved medical care and cleaner water supplies and
increased food output
What does the gap between birth and death rate cause in countries in stage 2? -
ANS Population growth
The further apart the lines are, the faster the rate of growth
What are the economies like of countries in stage 2? - ANS Mostly agricultural
What keeps birth rates high in countries in stage 2? - ANS Children are needed to work the
land as they can produce more food than they eat
Why might birth rates increase slightly for countries in stage 2? - ANS Fewer mothers are
dying in childbirth so they go on to have more children
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