Stages of the DTM
The Structure of Age
Math
Ecological Populations
Survivorship
100
In this stage, birth and death rates are high, the population grows slowly, and infant mortality is high

What is the pre-industrial/first stage?  

100
This country has an increasing population.

What is Nigeria/Ethiopia?

100

This is the growth rate when the birth rate is 7.2% and the death rate is 2.2%.

What is 5%?

100

This type of growth occurs when a population reaches carrying capacity.

What is logistic growth?

100

Most populated country in the world.

What is India?

200

In this stage there is a decline in birth rates and population growth slows.

What is the industrial/third stage?

200

The population growth when the age structure diagram is like a rectangle.

What is stable/no population growth?

200

This is the value of r when the crude birth rate is 25 and the crude death rate is 11.

What is 1.4%

200

When the population exceeds carrying capacity.  This is followed by rapid die-off.

What is overshoot?

200

The average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime.

What is TFR (total fertility rate)?

300

In this stage, there are both low birth and death rates so the population stabilizes and starts to decline.

What is the postindustrial/fourth stage?

300

The population growth when the base of the diagram is larger.

What is increasing population growth?

300

This is the doubling time when the growth rate is 5%.

What is 14 years?

300

This is characteristic of r-selected strategists.

What is many offspring/no parental care/early die-off?

300
r-selected strategists show this survivorship curve.

What is the Type III survivorship curve?

400

In this stage, the death rate is lower because of better access to healthcare. The population grows fast.

What is the transitional/second stage?

400
A reason that the diagram may look like an inverted triangle.

What is access to family planning/healthcare/clean water or education of women?

400

The growth rate when there are 2,000 births, 500 deaths, 200 emigrants, 100 immigrants in a population of 100,000 people.

What is 1.4%

400

When organisms reach their maximum reproductive rates.

What is biotic potential?

400

Song birds show this survivorship curve.

What is a type II survivorship curve?

500
Japan is an example of this stage.

What is the postindustrial/fourth stage?

500

The current United State population. 

What is approximately 340 million?

500

The year a population will double when in 2025 the growth rate is 1.4%.

What is 2075?

500
Elephants are this type of strategist.

What are K-selected strategists?

500

This is the replacement fertility level.

What is 2.1?