Population Pyramids Global Geography 12 Name:_______________________ Date: _______________________ 1) On a separate piece of graph paper or template create a Population Pyramid for Canada in 2008. Colour male and female bars 2 different colours. On the Y axis (vertical) list the age cohorts (0 to 4, 5 to 9, and so on). On the X axis (horizontal) list either percent of population or population in thousands. When you are finished drawing you Pyramid please answer all of the questions below. 2) Is Canada’s Population Pyramid Expansive, Constrictive or Stable? Explain why. 3) Find and label the “Baby Boom” cohort on your Pyramid. In what ways will this aging bulge in our population affect you and your generation? Find and label the “echo”. Who are the “echo” 4) According to you graph is Canada’s population growing quickly or slowly? 5) Using your pyramid calculate Canada’s Dependency Ratio. Formula: (% under 15 + % over 64) / (% between 15­64) 6) This is a Population Pyramid for Afghanistan. Compare it to the Pyramid you have drawn for Canada. In a paragraph compare and contrast what the pyramids tell you about these two populations.