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The Demographic Transition Theory and Its Application to Developing Nations

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The demographic transition theory was developed by Warren Thompson in 1929, based on observations of European populations, and it predicts that developing nations will eventually follow the same path, but with much faster population growth than Europe experienced.

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Imagine two different families: one in a high-mortality society expecting to lose a child, another in a low-mortality society planning for the future. The demographic transition explains how societies move from one to the other—and why that journey is rocky for many developing nations.