Consider the following stages of demographic transition associated with economic development.
I. High birth rate with low death rate
II. Low birth rate with low death rate
III. High birth rate with high death rate
Arrange these stages in correct chronological order from the code given below:

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) III, I, II

Explanation:

• Stage 1 (III): Characterized by high birth rates and high death rates due to poor medical facilities and lack of family planning, resulting in slow population growth.
• Stage 2 (I): Characterized by high birth rates but low death rates (due to improved health care). This stage sees a "population explosion."
• Stage 3 (II): Characterized by low birth rates and low death rates as the society becomes urbanized and literate, leading to a stable or declining population.

Information Booster:

• The Theory of Demographic Transition was given by W.S. Thompson and Frank W. Notestein.
• India is currently considered to be in the late second stage or early third stage of transition.

Additional Knowledge:

I, III, II (Option a)

• Incorrect because a high birth rate/low death rate (Stage 2) cannot occur before the primitive stage of high death rates (Stage 1).

So the correct answer is (d)