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What do population pyramids look like for different stages of the DTM?

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1 What do population pyramids look like for different stages of the DTM?

2 Which population pyramid is for Germany, Kenya and USA?

3 Population Pyramids LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Be able to annotate population pyramids Distinguish between the population structure of an MEDC and an LEDC

4 Keywords: Sex-ratio: Age distribution: Dependent Population:
Economically Active:

5 Governments carry out a census to find out who lives in their country
Governments carry out a census to find out who lives in their country. They use the information to produce population structures Page 16 camber and sibley geography Task: Complete task 1 from your sheet

6 What do they show? Males are shown on the left. Females are shown on the right. Sex-ratio: the amount of males to females in a location

7 Age distribution of a country
What do they show? Age categories split into 5 year stages Age distribution of a country

8 What do they show? Elderly population 65+ years of age Children 0-14 years of age Dependent Population: The population under the age of 15 and over 65

9 What do they show? Workforce
Economically Active: years old who have the potential to contribute economically

10 Keywords: Sex-ratio: Age distribution: Dependent Population:
Economically Active:

11 What do they show? In this country there is a high Birth Rate
There is also a high Death Rate. In this country there is a high Birth Rate

12 What should you annotate?
Birth Rate: Is the BR increasing or decreasing Sex-ratio: what is the male/female ratio

13 Dependency Ratio The dependency ratio can be expressed as:
Population( u ) X 100 Population 15-65


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