Demographic Transition

Today in human geography we discussed the Demographic Transition. Demographic Transition is the transition from high birth rates and high death rates to lower birth rates and death rates as a country or region from a pre industrialized economic system. The theory is fairly new, published in 1929 by demographer Warren Thompson. Thompson formed this theory by observing birth and death rates in industrialized societies over the past 200 years. There are 5 stages to the Demographic Transitions Model. Stage 1 would be a pre industrial economy, stage 2 and 3 are developmental stages, to 4 and 5 which are both post industrial stages. Developing countries like Pakistan or Yemen rely on core countries that are more developed and industrialized. Core countries are recognized as wealthy nations with a large number of advantages like a favorable location, strong state institutions, a powerful military, and powerful global political alliances. An example of this would be the United States.