World in Balance

Population Pyramid Distribution Types

• Expanding • Stationary• Contracting

Stable Pyramid

• A population pyramid showing an unchanging pattern of fertility and mortality

Stationary Pyramid

• A population pyramid typical of countries with low fertility and low mortality, also called a constrictive pyramid

Expansive Pyramid

• Shows a broad base, indicating high proportion of children, a rapid rate of population growth, and a low proportion of older people

• Steady upwards narrowing shows that more people die at each higher age band– High birth rate & high death rate – short life expectancy– Typical for less economically developed countries, due

to little access to and incentive to use birth control, negative environmental factors (such as clean water) and poor access to health care

Constrictive pyramid

• A population pyramid showing lower numbers or percentages of younger people.

• The country will have a greying population which means that people are generally older

China

India

Japan

Mali

United States

Per Capita Income (2012)

Per Capita Income (2013)

• United States $53,960• Japan $37,630• France $37,580• Mexico $16,110• China $11,850• Nigeria $5,360• India $5,350