Demographic transision model.

Question 1

What does DTM mean?

Answer 1

Demographic. Transition. Model.

Question 2

What is significantly different about DTMs compared to other graphs.

Answer 2

In a DTM there are five stages - 1,2,3,4 and 5.

Question 3

What do the five stages do?

Answer 3

They each measure the birth rate, death rate, population growth rate and population size.

Question 4

What country could go in each stage?

Answer 4

If you have not put any of these down but the country in a stage that is relatively the same as the one I mentioned then you are probably correct.

Stage 1: Amazon.
Birth Rate - High and Fluctuating
Death Rate - High and Fluctuating
Population Growth Rate - Zero
Population Size - Low and Steady.

Stage 2: Ethiopia.
Birth Rate - High and Steady
Death Rate - Rapidly falling
Population Growth Rate - Very High
Population Size - Rapidly Increasing

Stage 3 - India.
Birth Rate - Rapidly Increasing
Death Rate - Slowly Falling
Population Growth Rate - High
Population Size - Increasing 

Stage 4 - UK (United Kingdom).
Birth Rate - Low and Fluctuating
Death Rate - Low and Fluctuating
Population Growth Rate - Zero
Population Size - High and Steady

Stage 5 - Germany.
Birth Rate - Slowly Falling
Death Rate - Low and Fluctuating
Population Growth Rate - Negative
Population Size - Slowly Falling