Many of the vast differences we see in societies across the globe can be related to the composition of their respective populations. So when exploring variations among countries, a good place to start is with their population pyramids – graphs that display the age and sex distribution of the country’s population. These age structure diagrams depict the configuration of a country’s population as impacted by 80+ years of economic, political, and natural events.
Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different…
Go To ResourceStudents construct and interpret population pyramids (age-sex distribution charts) and discuss differences in population characteristics at different points in U.S.... Read more »
Three real-world pyramids compare different shapes and different growth rates.
Unites States' population pyramid, or age structure diagram, for the 2020 population.
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Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates among several different... Read more »
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Students interpret population pyramids for 10 countries, discuss differences in the population growth rates, and infer implications of these differences.
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