What is this trying to show?
Pete the Population Pyramid
Hello, I’m Pete
I bet they don’t realise
I can change my size & shape.
I’m really Pete the performing
Population pyramid
Reading Population Pyramids
(Using Waugh p9 answer the following questions)
1. What % Kenya’s population is young
dependants?
2. What % of Japans population is in
retirement?
3. What % of Kenya’s male population is
economically active?
Label that Pete……..
• On your A3 pyramids try to add the correct
labels to the correct part of the pyramid
Interpreting population Pyramids
When explaining /describing / comparing population
pyramids try to comment on the following 6 things:
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5.
Birth Rate
Death Rate
Infant mortality
Life expectancy
% of dependants to economically active
(Young dependants =0-15 / elderly = 65+)
6. Migration
(If there are any sudden bulges this is usually due to in-migration, if there
are bites inwards usually because of out-migration)
Draw and comment on the shape
of the following population
pyramid
You choose your Pete, can you
explain him?
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Can you explain this fella?
what about this one then?
what the blazes.....
i don't think so......
lets make it local
• Where do you want to go now?
The UK,
an ageing population
1. Read through each of the cards carefully
2. Try to divide the cards into different
groups ( You must have at least 3 groups
and a min of 6)
• Social ( Things that concern people)
• Economic
• Political
(Things that affect money)
(Things that affect governments or local councils etc)
• Any advantages?
India
a young dependant population
What problems do you thing Kenya would
face with a young dependant population.
Use the subtitles:
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Social
Economic
Political
Any Advantages?