Demographics & Migration

Question 1

What is the demographic transition model?

Answer 1

5-stage model showing shifts in birth/death rates over time

Question 2

What are the stages of the demographic transition model?

Answer 2

1) high birthrate and death rate
2) high birth rate and falling death rate –> baby boom
3) falling birth rate and low death rate –> slow increase
4) low birth rate and low death rate –> stable population
5) birth rate falls below death rate –> declining population

Question 3

What is the replacement fertility rate?

Answer 3

2.1–2.3 children per woman

Question 4

Crude vs. physiological density?

Answer 4

Crude = people/total land; Physiological = people/arable land

Question 5

Chain migration?

Answer 5

Migrants follow friends/family to the same destination