Population Pyramids!

In the beginning of human geography class, we went over the quiz on the Lost Boys of Sudan. I got a ninety percent! I even did a fist pump when the bell got rung! After that we discussed the answers, we moved back to the topic of population pyramids. There are three types of pyramids: the box, cup, and triangle population pyramids. The triangle means the birth rate is high and the life expectancy is low. The box is almost like a 50/50. Last, the cup has a lower birth rate and a longer life expectancy. So in developing countries in Africa are the triangle. America, a developed country, is a box. Japan is an example of a cup pyramid. We looked at different examples of pyramids. A lot of the pyramids have to do with what’s in the area. For examples in areas that have military bases there will be a lot of males and some females in their early twenties, because some of the men are in the military and the women could be military wives or be in the military. So basically in a sense location and what’s in a place is essential in the statistics in a population pyramid!