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Demographic transition

A model describing population change within a country. The country initially has a high birth rate, a high death rate, and a low rate of natural increase, then moves through a middle stage of high birth rate, low death rate, and high rate of natural increase, and ultimately reaches the third stage of low birth rate, low or medium death rate, and a low or negative rate of population increase.