1. Population Pyramids

2. What information about a country can you get from a Population Pyramid???
Level of development and probable development indicators
Population growth rate and life expectancy
Percentage of population by age and sex

3. Rapid Growth
Wide base
Large % of population entering reproductive years
Few old People
undeveloped

4. development indicators of undeveloped countries
High or Low???
Literacy rate
Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Per Capita income
Birth rate/Death rate
Fertility rate
education levels of women?
Literacy Rate-low
Life Expectancy- Low
Infant mortality Rate- High
Per Capita Income- Low
Death/birth Rate- High
Fertility rate- high
Education levels for women- low

5. Medium Growth
Beehive
newly industrializing countries / developing

6. development indicators of developing countries
High or Low???
Literacy rate
Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Per Capita income
Birth rate/Death rate
Fertility rate
education levels of women?
Literacy Rate- High
Life Expectancy – High
Infant mortality rate- low
Per capita income –high
Birth/death rate-low
Fertility rate- low
Education for women- high

7. Slow Growth Cylinder/coke bottle (sort of)
Population fairly constant until old age
Developed

8. Negative Growth Base much smaller than middle Population shrinking
Developed

9. development indicators of developed countries
High or Low???
Literacy rate
Life expectancy
Infant mortality rate
Per Capita income
Birth rate/Death rate
Fertility rate
education levels of women?
Literacy Rate- High
Life Expectancy – High
Infant mortality rate- low
Per capita income –high
Birth/death rate-low
Fertility rate- low
Education for women- high