POPULATION PYRAMIDS

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Part two

Lesson objectives: Population Pyramids part two 17/9/13

1. Summaries information about population pyramids 2. Explain to your partner what the term demographic transition rate means 3. Interpret four population pyramids 4. Why does population composition matter? 5. Examine the key issues that affect the population 6. Have a go at creating a population pyramid using Excel

To get you thinking

Read page 76 (gray book) Summaries into exactly 50 words

Demographic transition rate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dK3mL35nkk ( no sound) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWIc64W5wnM

 Explain to your partner what the term demographic transition rate means

Why does population composition matter? (grey book, page 60-61)

With your partner, complete the following exercise: 1. Write a definition (using your words) for population composition and population pyramid

2. Which country (Niger, Guatemala, France or the United States) has the highest life expectancy? How do you know this?
3. Which country has the highest birth rate? What is the percentage in regards to the overall population? 4. Why do you think age and sex have been chosen as the key indicators of population composition? 5. Answer the title question: Why does population composition matter?

Key issues affecting population pyramids

oInfant mortality oChild mortality oLife expectancy oInfectious diseases oChronic and Genetic diseases oAIDS oPopulation policies

Issue

Impact on people Effect on population pyramid

How to make a population pyramid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGSSfvpCGn4

Have a go yourself

Age structure: 0-14 years: (male 274/female 260) 15-24 years: (male 230/female 217) 25-54 years: (male 726/female 708) 55-64 years: (male 223/female 227) 65 years to 100(male 247/female 313) (2012 est.)

Population of Canada
65-100

55-64

25-54

15-24

0-14

-800

-600

-400

-200

0 Woman Men

200

400

600

800