Consider the following stages of the demographic transition associated with economic development:
- I. High birth rate with low death rate
- II. Low birth rate with low death rate
- III. High birth rate with high death rate
Arrange these stages in correct chronological order:
- AI, III, II
- BIII, II, I
- CII, I, III
- DIII, I, II
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Correct answer: (d) III, I, II
Explanation
The demographic transition model describes how birth and death rates change as a country develops:
- III. High birth rate, high death rate: a poor, pre-industrial society; the population grows slowly;
- I. High birth rate, low death rate: better food, health care and sanitation cut the death rate while the birth rate stays high; the population grows fast;
- II. Low birth rate, low death rate: education, urbanisation and family planning bring the birth rate down too; the population becomes stable.
So the order is III, I, II.