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Population Pyramids

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Your Native Country

Parts 2-5
Quiz
Part 1

Stationary Pyramid

Constrictive Pyramid

Expansive Pyramid

Test Your Knowledge

Types of Pyramids

What is a Population Pyramid?

  • A population pyramid is a graphical representation of a population's age and gender distribution
  • It's shaped like a bar chart, but turned on its side
  • Each bar represents a specific age group
  • The left side typically shows males, the right side females
  • The bottom shows younger ages, the top shows older ages

Part 1 - What is a Population Pyramid?

How to Read a Population Pyramid

Part 1 - What is a Population Pyramid?

  • An Expansive Pyramid represents a country that is growing
  • Shaped like an actual pyramid
  • The country has a high birth rate and high death rate
  • Common in developing countries.

Part 2 - Expansive Pyramid

  • A Stationary Pyramid represents a poulation that is stable - meaning it's not growing and not declining
  • Evenly distributed population across age groups
  • Occurs in newly-developed countries which have stable birth & death rates

Part 3 - Stationary Pyramid

  • A Constrictive Pyramid represents a poulation that is declining
  • Narrow base due to a decrease in babies being born
  • Thick middle section
  • Occurs in developed economies whose populations have low birth rates & long life expectancies.

Part 4 - Constrictive Pyramid

  • Click the link to go to the Population Pyramid page.
  • Select your native country from the dropdown menu

Part 5 - Investigate Your Country

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A graphical representation of a population's hunger index in a country

A graphical representation of a population's availabilty to safe drinking water in a country

A graphical representation of a population's age and gender distribution of a country

What is a population pyramid?

Question 1

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Question 2

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Food, water, and other resources

An expansive population leads to not having enough

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The graph that best represents an Expansive Population is

Question 3

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The graph that best represents a Stationary Population is

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The graph that best represents a Constrictive Population is

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