The World, Explained · 45 sec
Population pyramid
A small piece of context that makes the wider world easier to read.
The useful idea
- The useful idea
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
- How it works
sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.
- Why it matters
Males are usually shown on the left and females on the right, and they may be measured in absolute numbers or as a percentage of the total population.
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Use Population pyramid as context when interpreting events and claims about the world.
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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