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Population pyramids

Population pyramids. Population pyramids are graphics that show information about the age and gender of people in a specific country. 3. 2. Types of population pyramids. How do population pyramids help us learn about population?. Expanding pyramid. Male. Female.

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Population pyramids

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  1. Population pyramids Population pyramids are graphics that show information about the age and gender of people in a specific country.

  2. 3 2 Types of population pyramids

  3. How do population pyramids help us learn about population?

  4. Expanding pyramid Male Female There is also a high Death Rate. In this country there is a high Birth Rate Population in millions This population pyramid is typical of countries in poorer parts of the world (LEDCs.)

  5. In some LEDCs the government is encouraging couples to have smaller families. This means the birth rate has fallen.

  6. Male Female In this country the number of people in each age group is about the same. Population in millions Stationary pyramid The largest category of people were born about 40 years ago. In this country there is a low Birth Rate and a low Death Rate. This population pyramid is typical of countries in the richer parts of the world (MEDCs.)

  7. Contracting pyramid Male Female Population in millions In the future the elderly people will make up the largest section of the population in this country. In this country the birth rate is decreasing. This is happening more and more in many of the world’s richer countries.

  8. Spearhead pyramid There are narrower parts in the middle part of the pyramid. People in their 20s in 1961 were born during the Depression, a time of economic hardship in Canada when people were having fewer children. The pyramid had a wide base. These are the “baby boomers,” a large group of people born between 1947 and 1966 when the economy was growing and prospering. This is caused by a war, a time of economic hardship, illnesses, famine...

  9. LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES To sum up… Expanding pyramid Stationary pyramid Contracting pyramid

  10. Male Female Population in thousands This country has a large number of temporary workers. These are people who migrate here especially to find a job.

  11. Population pyramid for Mozambique. Population pyramid for Iceland.

  12. What happens next?

  13. What is going to happen to Japan’s population in the future? Why does this matter?

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