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  2. Population pyramid - Wikipedia

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    Population distribution by age and sex for Angola in 2005. A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or "age-sex pyramid" is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing. [1]

  3. Demographic trap - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Egypt in 2005. Many of those 30 and younger are educated citizens who are experiencing difficulty finding work. According to the Encyclopedia of International Development, the term demographic trap is used by demographers "to describe the combination of high fertility (birth rates) and declining mortality (death rates) in developing countries, resulting in a period of ...

  4. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Uzbekistan in 2023 (Stage three). Population pyramid of Israel in 2023 (Stage three). In Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM), death rates are low and birth rates diminish, as a rule accordingly of enhanced economic conditions, an expansion in women's status and education, and access to contraception.

  5. Population momentum - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of India showing the beginning of population momentum even though their birth rates have been declining since 1955. To calculate population momentum for population A, a theoretical population is constructed in which the birth rate for population A immediately becomes replacement level. Under such conditions, the population ...

  6. Demography - Wikipedia

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    The Demography of the World Population from 1950 to 2100. Data source: United Nations — World Population Prospects 2017. Demography (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, society' and -γραφία (-graphía) 'writing, drawing, description') [1] is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the ...

  7. List of countries by age structure - Wikipedia

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    The following list of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of their population. The population is divided into three groups: Ages 0 to 14 years: children. Ages 15 to 64 years: working population or adults. Over the age of 65: elderly, senior citizens.

  8. Epidemiological transition - Wikipedia

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    Increasing obesity rates in high-income countries are further confirming the epidemiological transition theory as the epidemic leads to an increase in NCDs. The picture is more nuanced in low- and middle-income countries, where there are signs of a protracted transition with the double burden of communicable and noncommunicable disease.

  9. Population geography - Wikipedia

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    the simple description of the location of population numbers and characteristics; the explanation of the spatial configuration of these numbers and characteristics; the geographic analysis of population phenomena (the inter-relations among real differences in population with those in all or certain other elements within the geographic study area).