Paper 2 · June 2004 · Population Geography

In the Demographic Transition Model, the stage in which the birth rate falls below the death rate, leading to population decline, is Stage ______.

Model answer

Also accepted: five, Stage 5

Explanation

Stage 5 describes a population where the birth rate has fallen below the death rate, so deaths outnumber births and the total population begins to shrink, a pattern seen in countries such as Japan with a very low birth rate and an ageing population.

Derived from ZIMSEC Geography Paper 2, June 2004, Q3

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