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In which of the following demographic transition stages, both fertility and mortality rates are high? 

In which of the following demographic transition stages, both fertility and mortality rates are high?  Correct Answer <span style="">Stage 1</span>

Over-time changes in the population composition due to changes in fertility and mortality rate are known as the demographic transition.

Important Points

Demographic transition is a model used to represent the movement of high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. 

  • Stage 1:  High Stationery: Birth and death rates are high and erratic, and population growth is modest.
  • Stage 2: Early Expanding Stage: a high birth rate, a low mortality rate, and a fast population growth rate
  • Stage 3: Later Expanding Stage: Declining birth and mortality rates, as well as a decline in the rate of population increase.
  • Stage 4: Low Stationary Stage: Population growth is moderate due to low birth and mortality rates.

Hence, Stage 1 of demographic transition is the stage in which both fertility and mortality rates are high. 

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