Question

Highlight five factors that may lead to rapid increase in population.

Answer 1

1. Improved/high fertility rate:-increasing the number of live births per woman in a given population
2. Social economic conditions: that consider children as an asset / source of wealth
3. Improved health and hygiene:- increasing the life expectancy
4. Early marriages: women start giving birth at an early age
5. Government policy favouring many children per household
6. Provision of free medical services/care for young children/free maternal care
7. Food security: ensures a healthy nation/mother/likelihood of conceiving in women is high
8. Low mortality rate:- extends life expectancy

Answer 2

Food security
Rural urban migration
High rates of fertility