Factors Affecting Population Growth
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Objective
I can use graphs to explain how different factors affect population growth.
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Warm-up video
TED-Ed · 5:02Vetted channel
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Key concepts
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Population pyramids divide data by gender, with females on one side and males on the other, and show population numbers for each five-year age interval.
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Rwanda's population pyramid shows a fast-growing country, while Japan's shows a population that will begin to decline as fewer people reach reproductive age.
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Countries in advanced stages of industrialization reach a point where both birth and death rates are low, and the population remains stable or even begins to decline.
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Practice
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What type of graph is used to represent the internal distribution of a population by age and gender?
What are the three main age groups demographers use when analyzing population pyramids?
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“Describe how a population pyramid can be used to predict future population trends. Give an example from the video.”
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