The Population Pyramid

According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)

• a. Approximately 10 million
• b. 20,739
• c. 1,155
• d. 1,663,200

Factors that can alter the trend represented by a population pyramid include:

• a. Industrialization
• b. Natural disasters
• c. Education of women
• d. All of the above

As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will

• a. Become wider at the base and narrower at the top
• b. Be inverted
• c. Become more rectangular
• d. Bulge in the middle

4. What does a Population Pyramid not give you information about?

• a. Birth rates
• b. Actual number of people
• c. Life expectancy
• d. Death rates

Which continent would have the most fast growth pyramids

• a. Africa
• b. Asia
• c. North America
• d. South America

6. In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit which set of characteristics?

• a. Low birth and death rates, stable population, good living conditions, long life expectancy
• b. High birth and death rates, stable population, poor living condition, short life expectancy
• c. High birth rate and low death rate, growing population, good living conditions, long life expectancy
• d. High birth and death rates, stable population, harsh living conditions, short life expectancy