Paper 2 · population geography
In the Demographic Transition Model, which stage is characterised by a still-high birth rate combined with a falling death rate, producing rapid natural increase?
AStage 1
BStage 2
CStage 3
DStage 4
Explanation: In Stage 2, improvements such as better healthcare and sanitation cause the death rate to fall while the birth rate remains high, so the gap between the two widens and natural increase becomes rapid, a pattern seen in many least-developed countries.
Derived from ZIMSEC Geography Paper 2, June 2004, Q3
