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Period: 1200 BCE to
1. High stationary stage
Birth rate is high and stable
Death rate is high and fluctuating due to wars, diseases (Black Death) and famines
Population growth is slow and there are periods of decline
Spain is not an industrialized country -
Period: to
2. Early expanding stage
Death rates decline significantly due to increase economy and advances in medicine
Birth rate remains stable
Life expectancy increase and infant mortality decreases
Population increases -
Period: to
3. Late expanding stage
Lower level of mortality
Birth rate begins to decline due to low economic levels because of the end of Franco's dictatorship
Average age increases
Infant mortality continues to decrease and life expectancy to increase -
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4. Low stationary stage
Birth and death rates are low
Population growth is slow
Increasing life expectancy
Now people have children later