Question

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1. If the crude birth rate is 7 and the crude death rate is 8 then which stage of demographic transition is the country in?
2. If a country has crude death rate of 20 and crude birth rate of 24, then which stage of demographic transition is the country in?

Answer 1

1. If the crude birth rate is 7 and the crude death rate is 8, the country is in Stage 5 – Declining Stage, because the death rate is higher than the birth rate.
2. If the crude death rate is 20 and the crude birth rate is 24, the country is in Stage 2 – Early Expanding Stage, because the birth rate remains high while the death rate has started declining.