The table shows the contrasts between MEDC’’s and LEDC’s in terms of population pyramids, population growth and stage in the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
| MEDC | LEDC | |
| Population Growth | In many MEDC’s natural increase is low due to low birth rates and low death rates | In LEDC’s there has been a massive population explosion due to high birth rates and lower death rates |
| Stage of the DTM | Stage 4/5 | Stage 2/3 |
| Population Pyramids | The population pyramid of an MEDC would have a small bottom third, a larger middle and small top third | The population pyramid of an LEDC would have a large bottom third which gradually decreases in size towards the top |