Population Pyramids What information about a country can

Population Pyramids •

What information about a country can you get from a Population Pyramid? ? ? • Level of development and probable development indicators • Population growth rate and life expectancy • Percentage of population by age and sex

Rapid Growth • Wide base • Large % of population entering reproductive years • Few old People • undeveloped

development indicators of undeveloped countries High or Low? ? ? • Literacy rate • Life expectancy • Infant mortality rate • Per Capita income • Birth rate/Death rate • Fertility rate • education levels of women?

Medium Growth • Beehive • newly industrializing countries / developing

development indicators of developing countries High or Low? ? ? • Literacy rate • Life expectancy • Infant mortality rate • Per Capita income • Birth rate/Death rate • Fertility rate • education levels of women?

Slow Growth • Cylinder/coke bottle (sort of) • Population fairly constant until old age • Developed

Negative Growth • Base much smaller than middle • Population shrinking • Developed

development indicators of developed countries High or Low? ? ? • Literacy rate • Life expectancy • Infant mortality rate • Per Capita income • Birth rate/Death rate • Fertility rate • education levels of women?