POPULATION PYRAMIDS

LESSON OBJECTIVES

T

o know what a population pyramid is

T

o understand what they tell us.

T

o know how to draw a population pyramid

POPULATION

Understanding the population of a country not only tells us how many people live in an area.

We can also begin to look at how many young and old people there are

We can also look at home many men and women there are

This allows us to work out a lot of information about each country.

POPULATION PYRAMIDSH

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THE DATAAge Range Male

(1000s)Female (1000s)

0-16 50 50

16-25 15 40

25-40 35 35

40-65 25 30

65-100 5 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

65+

40-65

25-40

16-25

0-16

Blue = males

Red = female

TASK

L

ook at your labels

T

hey will refer to different sections of your population

pyramid

S

tick them on and draw an arrow to that section

LABELSThe birth rate tells us how

many children per 1000 are born each year. The higher

the birth rate, the lower developed the country is

The number of people between 16-65 tells us how many people are working,

which means they pay taxes to the government

The number of people in the 0-16 category tells us how many people are in schools

The number of people over 65 tells us how many people

are retired.

The higher the age categories the better the life expectancy, which shows the

country is well developed

If a bar is much shorter than you would expect, this says

that something has happened, such as war or

disease. The more wars and diseases tells us that a

country is less developed.

The death rate is the number of people, per 1000, who die each year. The higher this

number, the lower developed the country is

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

65+

40-65

25-40

16-25

0-16

The birth rate tells us how many children per

1000 are born each year. The higher the birth rate, the lower

developed the country is

The death rate is the number of people, per 1000, who die each year. The higher this number, the

lower developed the country is

The number of people in the 0-16 category tells

us how many people are in

schools

The number of people over 65 tells us how many people are retired.

The higher the age categories the better the life expectancy, which shows the country is well

developed

If a bar is much shorter than you would expect, this says that

something has happened, such as war or disease. The more

wars and diseases tells us that a country is less developed.

The number of people between 16-65 tells us how many people are working, which

means they pay taxes to the government

THE UK POPULATION PYRAMID

C

lick: Here

HOMEWORK

Y

ou have the data for Afghanistan

C

onstruct your own population pyramid in the grid provided

T

ry to explain what this says about the country