Question

Certain characteristic demographic features of developing countries are

• A. high fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution
• B. high fertility, high density, rapidly rising mortality rate and a very young age distribution
• C. high infant mortality, low fertility, uneven population growth and a very young age distribution
• D. high mortality, high density, uneven population growth and a very old age distribution.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

In developing countries the conditions are becoming better for survival of human beings. So the mortality rate or the number of individuals dying per unit of time is low. Mortality or the average number of individuals produced by a population in a unit of time is high. So that there is rapid population growth and there are more individuals in the pre-reproductive age group. So there is young age distribution.