Now compare the UK population pyramids with those for Mozambique: Mozambique (2000) In this graph, notice that in 2000 the 0-4 age group contained the largest number of people, ...

The US population pyramid clearly shows the two largest generations of Americans: the baby boomers, born between about 1946 and 1964, and so between the ages of 53 and 71 in 2017; and the ...

Population pyramids from 1950 to 2050 illustrate demographic shifts and their implications for global trends.

The size of the Earth’s population is still rising, from 7.2 billion in 2015 to 9.5 billion in 2060. But, according to calculations by Emi Suzuki and Wolfgang Fengler of the World Bank, two ...

Tell them that the world population in 1980 was 4.4 billion, and ask students what they think might be some of the consequences of a rapidly growing population. Countries worldwide are facing ...

It helps specifically to link personal and national poverty to health problems. Compare population pyramids and consider the effect that different diseases have on specific age groups.

The 2100 population pyramid projects a shrinking and ageing society. The share of children, young people below 20, and those of working age will decline, while those aged 65 or more will grow.

China’s “inverted pyramid” population structure is generating a profound impact on consumption and haunting its long-term growth potential, forcing economists to join demographers in calling ...