Population
Geography Exercise One
Countries of the World : Selected
Population Characteristics
For "your country (assigned in class by the instructor)," search
the WEB to find the following data:
- Total Population,
Land Area, Birth Rate (BR), Death Rate (DR), Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy
- Population by 5-Year Age Categories by Sex
Using those data, Compute the following
Demographic Measures:
- Crude Rate of Natural
Increase (Percentage)
- Sex Ratio (Males per 100
Females)
- General Fertility Rate
(Children)
- Dependency Ratio (Fractional
Persons)
With the Population PYRAMID
Template passed out in class, create an OVERHEAD TRANSPARANCY of your
country's Age/Sex Pyramid using PERCENTAGE of the TOTAL POPULATION for each
bar of the graph.
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