Constructing and Analyzing Population Pyramids

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Constructing and Analyzing Population Pyramids

• Population problems make a pyramid
• http//www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?album_id
  titlePopulation_Pyramidvideo_id60252vpkey

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Review

• Less Developed Country
• Rapid growth

More Developed Country Steady growth
Negative growth
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Analyzing Population Pyramids
The Oldies
Economically Active
The Kiddos
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What is happening to this countrys population as
it develops?
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Analyzing Population Pyramids
The population is decreasing
Most of the population is ages 25-29 and 55-59
which shows the largest part of the population
will be elderly.
What is this country going to need in the future?
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Population Pyramid result of youth bulgeBaby
Boomersborn 1946-1964
Analyzing Population Pyramids
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Analyzing Population Pyramids

• This population pyramid is of a military town.

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Analyzing Population Pyramids

• These population pyramids are of retirement
  communities. Heavy elderly population.

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Analyzing Population Pyramids

• This population pyramid show a city in
  distressfactories closing, lack of work, etc.

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Analyzing Population Pyramids

• What would this population pyramid represent?
• College or universityhigh population at 18-24
  years

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Analyzing Population Pyramids

• This population pyramid shows migrant workers
  (males-25-40) in the country.

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War

• Analyzing Population Pyramids

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Pandemica disease affecting persons over a wide
geographical areaexample N1H1 flu, bird flu

• Analyzing Population Pyramids

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• Population pyramid
• Harris County, TX
• July 2010

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Make your own Population Pyramid





20 18-19 16-17 14-15 12-13
20 15 10 5 5 10 15 20
Males Females
Take a poll of the class and construct a
population pyramid of the classroom.
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Construct a Population Pyramid using the
following population demographics
Age Group (years) Males (2011 est) Females (2011 est)
0-14 32,000,000 31,000,000
15-64 104,000,000 105,000,000
65 18,000,000 23,000,000
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