Question Pyramid 1 Pyramid 2

What is shape type this

pyramid? A Christmas
tree, box or cup (from  A Christmas tree Cup
Population
Pyramid slideshow)

 There were far more

younger people then
there were elderly, as
What does the shape we see they have a high
say about the percentage within the  That the population is
distribution of the ages where fertility is drastically declining.
population? higher. Which indicated
that we could see an
increase in population
sizes.

 55-59, 60-64, and 75-

Which age group has
79 each of these age
the highest percentage  40-44years old at 4.3%
ranges show at a steady
of the population?
2.8/2.9%

Which age group has  100+ with only 0.2%-

the lowest percentage of  90-94 at 0.1% 0.9% for both males and
the population? females.

 Its interesting to see

 It is consistent in the
that there was a smaller
percentage of each age
Are there any percentage of elderly in
group, however the
usual/interesting Japan in the year 1991.
population itself has
anomalies in the There is also more
shown to have
pyramid? Males then there are
drastically declined in
females which remains
the year 2,100.
consistent.
The years I chose were 1991 and 2100 and the difference between the two graphs are quite
drastic. In 1991 we are seeing a slow increase of the population, with a higher percentage of
people being between the ages of 40-44. However, per this pyramid we can also see a large
percentage of people between the years of 15-19 as well. This shows us that the population is
still on the rise with both men and women being within the reproductive ages. Interestingly
enough we also don’t see very many elderlies reaching the 90-94 age range and there are zero
who reached the 100+ years. The second pyramid shows the future of the population in 2100,
here we see a drastic decrease. More and more of the population at this time will be considered
in the elderly category, with the ages 55-69 being most prominent in men, and with ages ranging
between 75-94 for women. This also shows there is not as high of a birth rate with fewer men
and women being within the reproductive ages.