Using birth rates and death rates, describe why population growth is low in Stage 1 of demographic transition.

Stage 1: Total population is low but it is balanced due to high birth rates (36/37 per 1,000) and high death rates (36/37 per 1,000). Countries at this stage will usually be undeveloped. Stage 2: Total population will start to rise because the death rates will start to fall (to around 18/19 per 1,000).