Population+Pyramids



**Population pyramids give information of the ages and gender of the people in a specific country.** **You can see from the model that Kenya has a very high birth rate. This is very common in LDCs.** **The people are born at a rapid rate but good health care is often not distributed well. The people in LDCs are dying at a much earlier age.** **The model of the United States is common for a country that is well developed. There is slow growth because of advancements in technology, women included in the workforce, and an overall lower TFR.** **The model of Germany shows an overall population that is shrinking. There are not high death rates, but the birth rate is decreasing. The elderly will soon be the majority of the population in countries like these. This tends to happen in countries that are becoming richer.** **Sometimes, a population pyramid will have a random increase in the middle-aged population. What does this mean?! Usually the cause of a large middle aged population, sometimes just in males, is in result to a large number of temporary immigrant workers. People migrate to different cities to find new jobs.**

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