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==Definition==

The term '''demographic trap''' is used to refer to a ''sustained'' pattern that comprises:

* High fertility and low infant mortality, leading to a high rate of children that survive to adulthood relative to the current adult population.
* Low death rates.
* Very little economic growth of the type that would promote declines in fertility (such as urbanization, improved contraceptive access, change in societal values away from the direction of valuing childrearing).

==Related notions==

* [[Demographic dividend]]
* [[Demographic fatigue]]

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