1. Population Pyramids and Population Growth

2. Key terminology
Dependent population: those in the under 15 years and over 60 years age groups. People in these age groups are dependent on those in the working age groups, either directly or indirectly for support.
Dependency load: the number of people who are in the dependent age groups vs. those who are in the working age groups. If the number of dependents is too high there is a great deal of economic stress on the working people and/or the government.

3. Population pyramids

4. Which of the following do you believe is the more developed country
Which of the following do you believe is the more developed country? Why?
Comment on the “dependency load” in the following two societies.

5. Comment on the dependency load of Australia?
What might be bad about this scenario?

6. Comment on the population pyramid
of Indigenous vs. Non-Indigenous Australians.
What does the Indigenous population pyramid
remind you of?
Which group would have the increasing
share of the population as Australia moves
forward?

7. Why is China’s population starting to look like Japan’s?
Why might this be a problem?

8. Population Pyramid’s – Play Time
Use the website above to answer the following:
Look at the population pyramid for Australia from the first date available to the last date available. What is happening to the pyramid and the overall population?
Do the same for Vietnam.
Find a weird or unusual population pyramid and then do some research to figure out why it might look that way.

9. Prep
Take notes on page – Vietnam’s Changing Population Answer questions 1 and 3.