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Types of population growth

The types of population growth are primitive, traditional and modern.

1, original type. Its basic characteristics are high birth rate, high mortality rate and low natural growth rate. The primitive society and primitive society in some areas of individual African countries are limited by the natural environment. The natural growth rate is high in areas with superior natural environment and low in areas with poor environment.

2. traditional type. Its basic characteristics are high birth rate, low mortality rate and high natural growth rate. Its advantages are that it can increase social labor force, increase social wealth, promote social development and promote the process of urbanization; At the same time, excessive population will also cause unprecedented social employment pressure, and even lead to a series of problems such as environmental pollution, ecological destruction, energy shortage and social instability.

3. modern type. Its basic feature is that the birth rate began to drop obviously, and the death rate continued to drop and reached a low level. With the gradual narrowing of the gap between the two, the natural growth rate gradually decreased, and some developed countries even began to experience negative growth or zero growth.