2ND YEAR - POPULATION 3

In this pyramid...

• The birth rate is very high and the life expectancy very low.

• The birth rate is low and death rate is low, too.

• The birth rate is very high and the life expectancy is very high, too.

• The death rate is very high and the life expectancy is high, too.

This pyramid...

• ...shows a very young population.

• ...shows an ageing population.

• ...belongs to a less developed country.

• ...is a triangle shaped pyramid.

In this pyramid...

• ...there are more baby boys born than baby girls.

• ...everything is strange, rare, unusual and impossible to understand.

• ...the number of elderly (over 65) men is bigger than women.

• ...the number of men of working age is bigger because of immigration.

This pyramid is...

• ...bell-shaped, typical of a developing country.

• ...bulb-shaped, typical of a developed country.

• ...triangle shaped, typical of a less developed country.

• ...pizza-shaped, typical of a fast-food loving country.

This is the pyramid of the European Union: we can see that...

• ...many babies are born and life expectancy is not really high.

• ...this is a less developed area because it is a triangle shaped pyramid.

• ...few babies are born and life expectancy is high.

• ...this is a very developed area where population is increasing very quickly.

This pyramid is...

• ...triangle-shaped and shows a fast growing population.

• ...bulb-shaped and shows zero or negative growth.

• ...bell-shaped and shows slow population growth. It is called stable or mature.

• ...round-shaped and shows no population at all.

This is the pyramid of...

• ...a developed country where population is decreasing.

• ...a developing country where population grows, but very slowly.

• ...a less developed country where population is growing rapidly.

In which of these pyramids is the population younger?

• In Nigeria's pyramid because it is triangle-shaped and the base (young people) is very big.

• In Nigeria's pyramid, because the apex (top) of the triangle indicates a big amount of elderly people.

• In Japan's pyramid because it is bulb-shaped and the base (young people) is very big.

• In Japan's pyramid, because the apex (top) of the triangle indicates a big amount of elderly people.

In this pyramid...

• ...there are more adults than children, it is ageing or regressive.

• ...there is a similar proportion of children and adults, it is stable or mature.

• ...there are more children than adults, it is young or progressive.

Which sequence matches the image?

• 1 Japan 2 North Korea 3 Sudan

• 1 Sudan 2 Japan 3 North Korea

• 1 North Korea 2 Japan 3 Chile

• 1 Sudan 2 North Korea 3 Japan