<p> Population Pyramid Problem</p><p>A population pyramid is used to provide a visual impression of the age and sex composition of a country’s population. A country’s population pyramid by age and sex cohorts is provided in the tables below. In order to construct your own population pyramids for the four countries provided, follow these instructions:</p><p> Calculate the TOTAL Population (males and females combined)  Calculate percentage of TOTAL Population for each sex and age cohort  Use the grids provided to construct a population pyramid for each country  Refer to the pyramids you produce to answer the following questions</p><p>1. Classify the population growth rate for each of the 4 countries graphed: a. India ______b. Japan ______c. Kenya ______d. United States ______2. What is the total percentage of males and females in each of the 4 countries: Males Females a. India ______b. Japan ______c. Kenya ______d. United States ______3. What country has the lowest percentage of female population? Why?</p><p>4. What is the total percentage of dependents in the population of each country? a. India ______b. Japan ______c. Kenya ______d. United States ______5. Which country has the highest percentage of young dependents? What problems does this create for this country?</p><p>6. Which country has the highest percentage of elderly dependents? What problems does this create for this country? Country/Year Population Population Population Sex Age both sexes male female ratio ------India/2008 Total, all ages 1,147,995,898 591,681,864 556,314,034 106.4 0- 4 123,363,700 64,788,510 58,575,190 110.6 5- 9 121,036,567 63,358,494 57,678,073 109.8 10- 14 117,006,526 61,091,483 55,915,043 109.3 15- 19 108,646,964 56,593,585 52,053,379 108.7 20- 24 102,476,086 53,191,466 49,284,620 107.9 25- 29 96,059,863 49,568,759 46,491,104 106.6 30- 34 89,338,672 45,860,781 43,477,891 105.5 35- 39 81,501,907 41,686,649 39,815,258 104.7 40- 44 69,753,448 35,733,520 34,019,928 105.0 45- 49 58,820,730 30,171,581 28,649,149 105.3 50- 54 48,853,221 25,041,520 23,811,701 105.2 55- 59 39,744,574 20,278,259 19,466,315 104.2 60- 64 31,830,119 16,031,461 15,798,658 101.5 65- 69 24,375,626 12,025,234 12,350,392 97.4 70- 74 17,163,732 8,229,902 8,933,830 92.1 75- 79 10,548,461 4,867,548 5,680,913 85.7 80+ 7,475,702 3,163,112 4,312,590 73.3 </p><p>Japan/2008 Total, all ages 127,288,419 62,083,345 65,205,074 95.2 0- 4 5,363,680 2,754,167 2,609,513 105.5 5- 9 5,953,420 3,056,536 2,896,884 105.5 10- 14 6,069,968 3,115,736 2,954,232 105.5 15- 19 6,148,860 3,152,487 2,996,373 105.2 20- 24 6,980,191 3,571,666 3,408,525 104.8 25- 29 7,790,091 3,982,523 3,807,568 104.6 30- 34 9,282,921 4,743,183 4,539,738 104.5 35- 39 9,691,965 4,935,802 4,756,163 103.8 40- 44 8,310,464 4,194,790 4,115,674 101.9 45- 49 7,681,599 3,856,486 3,825,113 100.8 50- 54 7,823,404 3,904,950 3,918,454 99.7 55- 59 9,935,093 4,906,429 5,028,664 97.6 60- 64 8,762,530 4,264,745 4,497,785 94.8 65- 69 7,843,139 3,726,488 4,116,651 90.5 70- 74 6,804,504 3,110,848 3,693,656 84.2 75- 79 5,574,828 2,394,868 3,179,960 75.3 80+ 7,271,762 2,411,641 4,860,121 49.6 </p><p>Kenya/2008 Total, all ages 37,953,838 19,022,143 18,931,695 100.5 0- 4 6,525,155 3,286,682 3,238,473 101.5 5- 9 5,253,032 2,645,448 2,607,584 101.5 10- 14 4,240,679 2,133,659 2,107,020 101.3 15- 19 4,059,348 2,044,374 2,014,974 101.5 20- 24 3,884,799 1,957,524 1,927,275 101.6 25- 29 3,453,614 1,749,070 1,704,544 102.6 30- 34 2,574,467 1,334,050 1,240,417 107.5 35- 39 1,889,075 981,727 907,348 108.2 40- 44 1,555,020 784,254 770,766 101.7 45- 49 1,252,958 605,017 647,941 93.4 50- 54 973,916 452,682 521,234 86.8 55- 59 749,750 342,732 407,018 84.2 60- 64 540,285 247,038 293,247 84.2 65- 69 401,153 183,370 217,783 84.2 70- 74 285,630 131,140 154,490 84.9 75- 79 179,461 82,237 97,224 84.6 80+ 135,496 61,139 74,357 82.2 </p><p>United States/2008 Total, all ages 303,824,646 149,346,264 154,478,382 96.7 0- 4 21,009,914 10,734,313 10,275,601 104.5 5- 9 20,155,574 10,298,245 9,857,329 104.5 10- 14 19,981,265 10,224,550 9,756,715 104.8 15- 19 21,728,978 11,146,876 10,582,102 105.3 20- 24 21,186,421 10,857,331 10,329,090 105.1 25- 29 21,161,376 10,760,554 10,400,822 103.5 30- 34 19,531,264 9,871,724 9,659,540 102.2 35- 39 20,909,399 10,489,404 10,419,995 100.7 40- 44 21,428,750 10,664,131 10,764,619 99.1 45- 49 22,858,209 11,285,615 11,572,594 97.5 50- 54 21,463,268 10,511,655 10,951,613 96.0 55- 59 18,580,896 8,998,550 9,582,346 93.9 60- 64 15,139,163 7,240,061 7,899,102 91.7 65- 69 11,321,863 5,280,896 6,040,967 87.4 70- 74 8,732,349 3,933,217 4,799,132 82.0 75- 79 7,226,693 3,064,466 4,162,227 73.6 80+ 11,409,264 3,984,676 7,424,588 53.7 ------Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base. Males Females 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 Males Females</p><p>10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Males Females</p><p>10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10 Males Females</p><p>10 8 6 4 2 0 2 4 6 8 10</p>