DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION

STAGE 1: HUNTING AND GATHERING

• Low longevity
• Extreme birth rates
• High death rates
• High fertility rates
• High IMR

STAGE 2: SETTLED AGRICULTURAL FARMERS

• High CBR, plummeting CDR
• Population increases a lot
• Fertility rates high, IMR decreases
• Complex cities (mostly rural)
• Job specialization

STAGE 3: INDUSTRIAL PHASE

• City life (that's where jobs are)
• Better life: health care and education
• slight decline in CDR, CBR plummets
• Longevity increases
• Large population increase

STAGE 4: SERVICE SECTOR WORKING

• Almost no farming and few factory workers
• Rates bottom out
• Fertility rates low, longevity increase a lot
• Good life
• Stable population total

POSSIBLE STAGE 5: FUTURE PREDICTING

• CDR remains the same
• CBR drop lower that CDR (population shrinks)
• Increases: urbanization, education, longevity
• Healthcare, technology, industrialization
• Decreases: IMR, fertility rates

SO WHAT?

• Understanding methods of population growth in different parts of the world
• Making predictions
• Giving insight on goals to set in order to achieve a certain level or stage
• U.S.- describes the journeys and accomplishments we have made as a country
• Personally: insight on how to succeed in the world today and in the future wherever I may live