Population Pyramids
Kimberly Falcon
Created on September 19, 2024
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Population Pyramids
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What is a Population Pyramid?
Types of Pyramids
Test Your Knowledge
Expansive Pyramid
Constrictive Pyramid
Stationary Pyramid
Part 1
Quiz
Parts 2-5
Your Native Country
Part 1 - 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 2 - Expansive 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 3 - Stationary 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 4 - Constrictive 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 5 - Investigate Your Country
- Click the link to go to the Population Pyramid page.
- Select your native country from the dropdown menu
go!
Check what you know
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Question 1
What is a population pyramid?
A graphical representation of a population's age and gender distribution of a country
A graphical representation of a population's availabilty to safe drinking water in a country
A graphical representation of a population's hunger index in a country
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An expansive population leads to not having enough
Food, water, and other resources
Men that can work
Young women having babies
Question 2
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Question 3
The graph that best represents an Expansive Population is
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Question 4
The graph that best represents a Stationary Population is
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Question 5
The graph that best represents a Constrictive Population is
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