Age distribuions. Consider age distributions A and B below. These are for human
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Question
Age distribuions. Consider age distributions A and B below. These are for human populations at the country leve.
a) Which of thse is a fast-growing population and briefly how do you know?
b) One of these is Chad in 2015, the other is Romania in 2015. Which is which and why?
c) Consider age distribution C below. THis is for some city or ountry in th USA, 2015. Which is this more likely to be a distribution for, Lawrence, Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; New York, New York; Sarasoa, Florida; or Grant County, North Dakota. Why?
Explanation / Answer
a. Graph A is the fast-growing population. The graph shows that the population of age group 0-4 comprises more than or near to 10% which indicate a relatively high brith rate. MOre than 36% of population are below the age group of 29. Both these data indicate a high birth rate and fast growing population.
b. Graph A relates to population in 2015. The demography of Chad shows a high brith rate that matches the data given. The graph B is of Romania. Romania has relatively less births compared to Chad.