ESS Topic 3 Lesson 3 Key Concepts: Population Pyramids, Population Structure, Demographic Transition Model Assessment Statements 3.1.3

How to draw Population Pyramids What data and other information might your need to consider? You may use either your laptop (but not Excel) or some graph paper for the next task.

Construct Population Pyramids for Country A and Country B. agemalesfemalesagemalesfemales 0_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Describe the SHAPE of your pyramids At the minute we are not saying WHY they look like that, just simply WHAT they look like. Use these words in your description: base, apex, curved, concave, convex, wide, narrow, beehive, steep sides

What does the shape tell us about each country’s demographics? BASE WIDTH – APEX WIDTH – CONCAVE – CONVEX – CUMULATIVE HEIGHT –

How can we use Population Pyramids to predict the future? At what ages to do people start and finish being ‘economically active’?

Demographic Transition Model Draw the outline shape of the Population Pyramids for countries in Stages of the DTM.

STAGE12345 Example locations Birth Rate Death Rate Natural Increase Reasons for changes in BR Reasons for changes in DR