Certain characteristic demographic features of developing countries are -
- High fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution
- High mortality, high density, uneven population growth and a very old age distribution
- High fertility, high density, rapidly rising mortality rate and very young age distribution
- High infant mortality, low fertility, uneven population growth and a very young age distribution
Answer
(1) High fertility, low or rapidly falling mortality rate, rapid population growth and a very young age distribution
Solution
In developing countries birth rate (fertility) is high, while death rate is low or falling rapidly because of better medical care.
⇒ The population grows rapidly.
⇒ A large proportion of the population is pre-reproductive, so the age pyramid has a broad base (triangular) — an expanding, very young population.
As per NCERT, a triangular age pyramid represents an expanding (growing) population.
Answer: (1)