Starter

• In 27 words describe the population pyramid below

• Include the following words: base, birth rate, life expectancy, adults

• What country do you think it could be?

Population Structure and DTM
Lesson Objectives
•Identify what is meant by dependent population
•Create a population pyramid for each stage of the Demographic Transition
Model
•Evaluate the role of a range of factors on the changes in a country’s population
What is the difference?
Key Terms

• DEPENDENT POPULATION: people who depend on other people to look

after them and support them, they do not work or earn money (unemployed)

• ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE: people who are earning a living and working

(employed)

• POPULATION STRUCTURE: the proportion of males and females within

selected age groups, usually shown as a population pyramid
Why is it a problem to have a lot of dependents?

• The number of people dependent on the working can be a huge

problem for some countries, as they will have to find ways to
support the dependent population

• The number of people dependent on others can be calculated

to give a dependency ratio

non-economically active
x 100
economically active

• In the UK this value is 60.68, which means for every 100 people
of working age in the UK 61 people will be dependent on them
 Population and Development

• For each of the stages of development see if you can

draw a population pyramid to show the population
structure of countries in that stage
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
(expanding) (expanding) (stationary) (contracting) (declining)

Males (%) Females (%) Males (%) Females (%) Males (%) Females (%) Males (%) Females (%) Males (%) Females (%)

High birth rate; rapid fall in High birth rate; fall in death rate Declining birth rate; low death Low birth rate; low death rate; Declining birth rate; low death
each upward age group due to as more living in middle age; rate; more people living to old higher dependency ratio; rate; increasing number of
high death rates; short life slightly longer life expectancy age longer life expectancy elderly dependents; longer life
expectancy expectancy
Population and Development
Exam Practice

• When you sit your exams it is important that you understand

exactly what the question wants and know what the examiner will
be looking for
Exam Practice
Exam Practice