Part Theme

Topic 1 Population growth A 1

Sample question
(a) Study Fig. 1.

Country Birth rate (per 1000 people) Death rate (per 1000 people)
Angola 48 23
Australia 12 7
Eritrea 40 10
Fig. 1
(i) Which of the three countries in Fig. 1 has the highest natural population growth rate? (1)
(ii) Compare the population growth rates of Angola and Australia. Give figures in your answer. (2)
(iii) Suggest three reasons for the differences in the population growth rates of Angola and Australia. (3)

(b) Study Fig. 2.

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

HIGH
Large families

Birth rate falls

due to changing
Birth rate and death rate

social conditions

Death rate falls

due to better Small families
health care and
living conditions
Birth rate
Death rate

LOW
TIME

Fig 2.
(i) D  escribe how the size of the population of a country will change as it passes through
Stages 2, 3 and 4 of the demographic transition. (3)
(ii) Explain why these changes occur. (4)
(iii) At what stage of the Demographic Transition Model is the country in which you live? Give reasons for your answer. (5)

(c) For a country that you have studied, explain why it has a high rate of natural population growth. (7)
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Cambridge IGCSE Geography     Part A Theme 1 Population and Settlement © Cambridge University Press 2010