Population Pyramids

Question 1

What do ‘Population Pyramids’ show?

Answer 1

They show in the form of a graph the percentage, or number, of males and females in each age group

Question 2

What do Population Pyramids reflect?

Answer 2

They reflect the structure of the population in terms of for example the number of babies being born and the number dying

Question 3

What does the wide base represent?

Answer 3

A lot of young people in the population

Question 4

Give an example of a country which has a changing population structure

Answer 4

Mexico, because it has a large youthful population. Under 15’s make up 31% of the population

Question 5

Why is Mexico’s population structure slowly starting to change?

Answer 5

• Because it has now managed to achieve a much lower death rate, just 4.78 deaths per 1000
• People are living longer as well due to more childhood vaccinations being introduced

Question 6

Why are childhood vaccinations being introduced?

Answer 6

To reduce infant mortality, which is the number of children who die before the age of 1

Question 7

How long is it expected to take before Mexico’s population levels out?

Answer 7

At least 50 years. Today’s young people will then be moving into old age