FEDERAL UNIVERSITY KASHERE P.M.B 0182, GOMBE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCE

COURSE CODE; 4303
COURSE TITLE; DEMOGRAPHY ASSIGNMENT QUESTION;
Brief Explanation of Demographic Transition Theory

GROUP (5) MEMBERS

FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1042
FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1043
FUK/HMSS/12B/SOC/1044

Course lecturer; PROF. UMAR BAPPAH

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Demographic transitional theory
3. Stages of demographic transitional theory
4. Criticisms of demographic transitional theory
5. Summary of demographic transitional theory
6. References

INTRODUCTION
Demographic transition (DT) refers to the transition from high birth and death rate to low birth and death rates as a country develops from a pre-industrial to an industrialized economic system. This is typically demonstrated through a demographic transition theory. The theory is based on an interpretation of demography history developed in 1929 by the American demographer Warren Thompson (1887–1973) Thompson observed changes, or transitions, in birth and death rates in industrialized societies over the previous 200 years. Most developed countries are in stage 3 or 4 of the model; the majority of developing countries have reached stage 2 or stage 3. The major (relative) exceptions are some poor countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and some Middle Eastern countries, which are poor or affected by government policy or civil strife, notably Pakistan Palestinian territories Yemen and Afghanistan .Adolph Landry of France made similar observations on demographic patterns and