Question
What is shape type this
pyramid? A Christmas tree, box
or cup (from Population
Pyramid slideshow)
What does the shape say about
the distribution of the
population?
Which age group has the
highest percentage of the
population?
Which age group has the
lowest percentage of the
population?
Are there any
usual/interesting anomalies
in the pyramid?
Pyramid 1 Pyramid 2
This is an oddly blend of a Christmas tree
This pyramid is a Christmas Tree shape. and a cup. The top half is a tree while the
bottom half is a cup.
This shape says that the majority of the
population is at the bottom, meaning that This shape says that the majority of the
there were more children in the pre- population can be found in the middle of
reproductive stage and in the reproductive the graph. The population is smaller at the
stage. There were fewer elderly people beginning and end of the graph.
during this time.
Teenagers from ages 10-19 have the
The age group with the highest percentage
highest percentage of the population. They
of the population are the people aged 40-
make up more than 5% of the population
44 with a 3.8%. They are part of the
during this time. They are the middle
middle group.
group.
The age group with the lowest percentage
of the population are the elderly. People The age group with the lowest population
that are 80 and above only make up .4% to are the people aged 90-94 with .2%-.4%.
.6% of the population. They are the older They are the older group.
group.
The only unusual thing in the pyramid is Yes. It is interesting to see that the graph
that between the age groups of 0-4 and 10- is a combination of two shapes. The
14, the group that is 5-9 is less than both majority of the population is in the middle
of the other two groups on top and below age groups while the population is smaller
it. with the younger and elderly groups.