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

The correct option is A high fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution

Developing countries show expanding population pyramid with maximum age distribution in pre-reproductive phase i.e., maximum number of individuals in the young, pre-reproductive phase, high fertility and high mortality rate.