As a country goes through the demographic transition, the greatest rate of population growth takes place during which phase?

A. The preindustrial

B. The pre-transitional

C. The transitional

D. The industrial

E. The postindustrial

C. The transitional

Explanation:

The greatest rate of population growth takes place during the transitional phase because of the fact that during this phase the birth rate begins to increase and at the same time the death rate begins to decline.

This situation eventually leads to the increase in the population of the country.

The birth rate are increasing in this phase because the social and the economic conditions are being developed and getting better during the transitional phase.