Population Poster

     Today in class, Mr. Schick sang us the country song he wrote.  It was pretty good.  (Now Mr. Schick is not only a rapper, but he is also a country singer.)  

      We also talked about the Population Pyramid.  Here is stuff we learned:

• Almost all African countries has a high percentage of people that are younger.  
• A preindustrial (agrarian) society is a farming society
• 1,663,200 people increase a week
• 271 are born every minute, 106 people die every minute
• 3 factors that can alter the trend represented by a population pyramid include industrialization, natural disaster, and education of women.
• As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will become more rectangular
• A Population Pyramid doesn't give you information about life expectancy.  It does give you information about birth rates, actual number of people, and death rates. 
• Africa is the continent with the fastest growth pyramid.  
• In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit low birth and death rates,   stable population, good living conditions, and long life expectancy.