A demographic transition "describes the phenomenon of a country's high birth and death rates changing over time to low birth and death rates." There are four stages in a demographic transition. Stage 1 is pre- transition which is put into the pre-industrial society. Stage 1 meant that birth rates and death rates were both high and fluctuated rapidly and often. At this stage, food is the main factor that determines that population, how many kids being born, and the ammount of years that someone lives to. Stage 2 is early transtion. This happens when there is a fall in the death rate and as a result the population increases. The fall in death rate was due to the improvement in food supply because of the evolution of agriculture. Also, when this early transitioning stage was happening health care was also becoming better, they were developing better sewage systems, promoting personal hygene extensivly and there were significant changes is the water systems. Stage 3 is the late transition which means a falling birth rate which ultimately makes the population more stable.
There were many factors that played into this period. At this point in history we were developing at a rapid rate so an exsessive ammount of children were not needed to do all the hard work anymore. The costs of raising children was going up. Women were getting more rights, getting an education and getting employed which left little time for chil bearing. Also there were improvements in contraceptives during this time making having children an option but not a must. Stage 4 occurs when both birth rates and death rates are low. When this happens the population is high and stable. There are fewer deaths because of medical care and no famine and there is a low birth rate because of the improvements of contraceptives and women now had rights to choose if she truly wanted kids. Demographic transitioning goes through many stages depending on the time period is.
Theory of Demographic Transition
Population Explosion
What do you know?
Which one of these statements best describes the population distribution within the Canada?
A. The interior of Canada generally has a high population density
B. The coasts of Canada generally have a low population density
C. Canada is sparsely populated
D. Canada is densely populated
Sweden is a great country to look at when examining demographic transitioning because they have kept records of their populations for a very long time. In the pre-transitioning phase Sweden the birth rate was stable while the death rate was fluctuating a lot. This was a result of wars and famine. There pre-transitioning phase happened from 1740-1840 and during that time there population remained quite stable. During their early transitioning phase Sweden was started to realize the cause and prevention of diseases that were being spread at that time (1840-1890) and sanitation was improving immensely.
This caused the death rate to decrease and create a stable population. In the late transitioning phase in Sweden (1890-1980) the birth rate was declining because agriculture was growing so having many children to help with the farming was not needed anymore, also there was a declining death rate in this period. And last but not least, when Sweden reached stage 4, post-transition there population had finally stabilized.
Sweden's Transition