The Demographic Transition Model

The Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Stage 1:

• High Birth and Death Rates
• Fluctuates
• Steady, low population growth

No medicines and birth control are available

Stage 2:

• Death rates decreases
• Birth rates still high
• Total population increases

Improvements in medicine and hyginene means longer life expectancy

Predominantly agriculture societies, hight birth rates as children are an economic asset - need to work on the land

Stage 3:

• Death…