Population change over time

Question	Answer
In Afghanistan the birth rate is high and the death rate is decreasing; women do not work, and tend to start their families at a very young age. Life expectancy would be about 45. Most people are subsistence farmers with no family planning.	Outline why Stage 2 has rapid population growth .
An urbanising society, with people moving into cities to work in factories; Brazil; women start working; family planning starts; living conditions and access to medicines improve. Life expectancy now up into the 60s.	Explain why Stage 3 has decreasing birth rates which are getter closer to the death rates.
An industrialised, wealthy society; the U.K.; women go to university & have careers so they're starting their families later in life; high standards of living; life expectancy is well into the 70s/early 80s.	In stage 4, why is population growth now reduced to periods of nil growth or very low growth?
A post-industrial society; Germany; women make a lifestyle choice to only have one child (or none); an ageing population with very high life expectancy. The death rate is higher than the birth rate.	In stage 5 there is a natural decrease. Why?
Image: 9e1455a1-7cee-4146-8569-7f7e1d290f9b (image/jpg)	Match a population pyramid to each stage of the DTM.

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	Created by Alastair Giddings over 7 years ago