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Why is it important to understand what the population structure is of different countries?

Why is it important to understand what the population structure is of different countries?. How do population pyramids help us learn about population?. How can we draw a population structure graph showing gender for a country?. POPULATION STRUCTURE The population pyramid displays the age

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Why is it important to understand what the population structure is of different countries?

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  1. Why is it important to understand what the population structure is of different countries?

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

  3. How can we draw a population structure graph showing gender for a country?

  4. POPULATION STRUCTURE The population pyramid displays the age and sex structure of a country or given area FEMALES To the right MALES To the left OLD DEPENDANTS ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE YOUNG DEPENDANTS Population in Five Year Age bands Usually, but not always, In % to make for easier comparisons between countries

  5. UK Population Pyramid What does it show? Why is it this shape?

  6. Urban & Rural Pyramids

  7. Slow and negative growth Turn to p140 in Evolving Planet

  8. Draw the UK’s population Pyramid Use this data to draw a population pyramid for the UK – it is based on the most recent census data (2001).

  9. How can you read a population pyramid? COPY THIS DOWN INTO YOUR BOOKLETS!

  10. Population pyramid for Calcutta • Complete task 4b on p11 of your booklets

  11. What do population pyramids look like for different stages of the DTM? Stage 5?

  12. Which population pyramid is for Germany, Kenya and USA?

  13. Population Pyramids • LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Be able to annotate population pyramids • Distinguish between an MEDC and a LEDC

  14. What do they show? Males are shown on the left. Females are shown on the left. • Sex-ratio: the amount of males to females in a location

  15. What do they show? Age categories split into 5 year stages Age distribution of a country

  16. What do they show? Elderly population 65+ years of age • Dependent Population: The population under the age of 15 and over 65 Children 0-14 years of age

  17. What do they show? • Economically Active: 15-60 years old who have the potential to contribute economically Workforce

  18. What do they show? There is also a high Death Rate. In this country there is a high Birth Rate

  19. What should you annotate? Birth Rate: Is the BR increasing or decreasing Sex-ratio: what is the male/female ratio

  20. Dependency Ratio • The dependency ratio can be expressed as: Population( u14 + 65+) X 100 Population 15-65

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