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    Population Ecology - 53.6 Part I: Age Structure Diagrams

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    This document provides population data for several countries and the United States. It includes age structure diagrams for Afghanistan, the United States, and Italy, as well as a table with population numbers and percentages by age and gender for the United States in 2007. It instructs the reader to construct a population pyramid for the US using the data and to answer questions about trends seen in the pyramid. It also provides human population data from 1 AD to projected 2025 and instructs the reader to graph this data along with making their own population projection for 2100 and explaining their reasoning.

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    This document provides population data for several countries and the United States. It includes age structure diagrams for Afghanistan, the United States, and Italy, as well as a table with population numbers and percentages by age and gender for the United States in 2007. It instructs the reader to construct a population pyramid for the US using the data and to answer questions about trends seen in the pyramid. It also provides human population data from 1 AD to projected 2025 and instructs the reader to graph this data along with making their own population projection for 2100 and explaining their reasoning.

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    This document provides population data for several countries and the United States. It includes age structure diagrams for Afghanistan, the United States, and Italy, as well as a table with population numbers and percentages by age and gender for the United States in 2007. It instructs the reader to construct a population pyramid for the US using the data and to answer questions about trends seen in the pyramid. It also provides human population data from 1 AD to projected 2025 and instructs the reader to graph this data along with making their own population projection for 2100 and explaining their reasoning.

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    Population Ecology - 53.6 Part I: Age Structure Diagrams

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    Name: _________________________________________ Period: ______

    Population Ecology – 53.6

    Part I: Age Structure Diagrams


    1. You should be able to look at age-structure graphs and make predictions about the future growth of the
    population. Using Figure 53.24 (p. 1189), describe the key features for the three age-structure graphs and
    predict how the population of each country will grow.

    Country Key Features Predicted Future Growth

    Afghanistan

    United States

    Italy

    2. The table below represents the population in thousands of each age group within each gender for the United
    States in 2007. In order to construct a population pyramid you must first calculate the percentage of the
    population in each subgroup. For example, the United States’ total population in 2007 was 301,140,000. The
    population of males up to age four was 10,635,000.
    10,635,000_ = 0.035 or 3.5%
    301,140,000
    Complete these calculations for each age group in the table below.
    Age
    Male Population Male Population % Female Population Female Population %
    Group

    0-4 10,635 10,181

    5-9 10,156 9,718

    10-14 10,360 9,880

    15-19 11,115 10,551

    20-24 10,794 10,241

    25-29 10,570 10,242

    30-34 9,786 9,596

    35-39 10,558 10,491

    40-44 10,878 11,003

    45-49 11,280 11,567

    50-54 10,272 10,721

    55-59 8,855 9,424

    60-64 6,889 7,531

    65-69 5,027 5,758

    70-74 3,857 4,727

    75-79 3,084 4,208

    80+ 3,891 7,298


    Using the space at the bottom of this page, construct a population pyramid for the United States using the data in the
    table you constructed. An example of a population pyramid is provided below. The figures along the X-axis represent
    the calculated percentages of the population, while points along the Y-axis represent age groups. A line drawn down the
    middle of the graph separates the male and female populations. You should use a different color for each side of the
    graph.

    Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________

    80+

    75-79

    70-74

    65-69

    60-64

    55-59

    50-54

    45-49

    40-44

    35-39

    30-34

    25-29

    20-24

    15-19

    10-14

    5-9

    0-4

    Using the U.S. population pyramid you constructed answer the following questions.
    1. Is there a relatively large or a relatively small gender difference in the youngest age groups? Why is this the
    case?
    2. Is there a relatively large or a relatively small gender difference in the oldest age groups? Why is this the case?

    3. What is the cause of the bulge in the middle of the pyramid?

    Part II: Graphing the Human Population

    Estimated Human Population Size (* Projected by the Population Reference Bureau)

    Year Population in Millions 1. In the space on the next page, graph the Human Population (in millions) over
    Time (Year).
    1 170

    200 190

    400 190

    600 200

    800 220

    1000 265

    1200 360

    1400 350

    1600 545

    1800 900

    1850 1210

    1900 1625

    1950 2556

    2000 6060

    2007 6625

    2025* 7965

    Title: ___________________________________________________________________________________

    8000
    0
    Hum 0 2100

    2. Add a dashed line of your projection for the size of the human population through the year 2100.

    3. What reasons do you have for your projection?

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