1. Population Pyramids

2. What is the population of the world?
6.96 billion

3. Which countries have the most people?
China
India
United States
Indonesia
Brazil

4. The population of the world is evenly distributed?
True of False?
The population of the world is evenly distributed?

5. The population of the world is evenly distributed?
True of False?
The population of the world is evenly distributed?
FALSE

6. Population Pyramids (Age-Sex Graphs)
Display a population's age and sex composition
Horizontal bars represent the percentages (of total population) of males and females in each age group

7. Left side represents male population
Right side represents female population

8. Population Pyramids (Age-Sex Graphs)
What do pyramids tell us?
average age of the population
whether population is growing or shrinking
whether the population will be able to support itself in the future.

9. US Population Pyramid 2000 Census

10. Aging of the US

11. Developed or Developing Country?

12. Developing Country
Why?

13. Majority of the population is less than 15 year old.
This is why….
Low life expectancy
Majority of the population is less than 15 year old.

14. Developed or Developing Country?

15. Developed
Why?

16. Majority of the population is over 15 years old.
This is why…..
High life expectancy
Majority of the population is over 15 years old.

17. Which figures represent the shape of a population pyramid of a developing (poor) county?

18. Which figures represent the shape of a population pyramid of a developing (poor) county?

19. Which figures represent the shape of a population pyramid of a developed (rich) county?

20. Which figures represent the shape of a population pyramid of a developed (rich) county?

21. What you can conclude from the information on the following Population Pyramids…

22. USA

23. Honolulu HI
(71% Asian American)

24. Laredo, TX 94% Hispanic

25. Cedar Rapids, IA 95% white

26. Detroit, MI 76% African- American

27. Alaska (71% male)

28. Lawrence, Kansas (College Town)

29. Naples, FL 42% over 65