Paper 2 · 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
5
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
