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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid 2024

Population pyramids are used to show the age and gender distribution of a country's population. They illustrate characteristics like birth rates, death rates, and the relative size of different age groups. For example, a country with a high birth rate and death rate will have a population pyramid with many people in the younger age groups and a steep tapering at the top, indicating fewer elderly people.

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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid 2024

Population pyramids are used to show the age and gender distribution of a country's population. They illustrate characteristics like birth rates, death rates, and the relative size of different age groups. For example, a country with a high birth rate and death rate will have a population pyramid with many people in the younger age groups and a steep tapering at the top, indicating fewer elderly people.

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How do population pyramids

help us learn about


population?
Population pyramids are used to show information about the age
and gender of people in a specific country.

Male Female

There is
In this
also a high
country
Death Rate.
there is a
high Birth
Rate

Population in millions

This population pyramid is typical of countries


in poorer parts of the world (LEDCs.)
In some LEDCs the
government is encouraging
couples to have smaller
families. This means the
birth rate has fallen.
Male Female
The largest
category of
In this country
people were
the number of
born about
people in each
40 years ago.
age group is
about the same.

Population in millions

In this country there is a low Birth Rate and a


low Death Rate.

This population pyramid is typical of countries


in the richer parts of the world (MEDCs.)
Male Female

Population in millions

In this In the future the elderly


country the people will make up the
birth rate is This is happening largest section of the
decreasing. more and more in population in this country.
many of the world’s
richer countries.
Male Female

Population in thousands

This country has a large number


of temporary workers. These
are people who migrate here
especially to find a job.
Population pyramid for
Mozambique.

Population pyramid for


Iceland.
What happens next?
What is going to happen to Japan’s population in
the future?
Why does this matter?
?
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