1. Why is it important to understand what the population structure is of different countries?

2. How can we draw a population structure graph showing gender for a country?

3. UK Population Pyramid What does it show? Why is it this shape?

4. Urban & Rural Pyramids

5. Slow and negative growth Turn to p140 in Evolving Planet

6. Draw the UK’s population Pyramid Use this data ( it is in your booklets as well!) to draw a population pyramid for the UK – it is based on the most recent census data (2001). Animation UK growth (click install SVG viewer ) 0.5 0.1 90 and over 1 0.2 85 - 89 1.8 1 80 - 84 2 1.6 75 - 79 2.1 2 70 - 74 2.3 2.4 65 - 69 2.6 2.5 60 - 64 3 3 55 - 59 3.3 3.8 50 - 54 3 3.6 45 - 49 3.4 4.2 40 - 44 3.9 3.4 35 - 39 3.8 2.8 30 - 34 3.4 2.6 25 - 29 2.8 2.8 20 - 24 2.8 3 15 - 19 3.4 3.8 10 - 14 3.2 3.2 5 - 9 2.7 3 0 - 4 Females Males Age Range

7. How can you read a population pyramid? COPY THIS DOWN INTO YOUR BOOKLETS!

9. What do population pyramids look like for different stages of the DTM? Stage 5?