POPULATION PYRAMID

A population pyramid is a graph that shows the structure of society by sex and age given in a specific time and place. The pyramid we are talking about shows the demographic structure of country 1 in the 2012. Observing the sex ratio we can say that the percentage of girls and boys born is the same, 16%. The sex ratio matches at the age of 50-54 years. Life expectancy is very similar in both sexs although it is higher for women. This might be caused because women are exposed to less risky jobs and have better health cares maybe because of better genetics too. With regard to the shape of the pyramid we can see an expansive shape with concave sides. This country is clearly in stage 1. In addition, the structure of the pyramid exhibits high birth and death rates and also quite short life expectancy. The age group with a larger number of people is the Young dependants that means that there is high birth rates. There aren't many irregularities in the pyramid shape and we can see that it is in the first stage, following the previous evidences, including the concave sides and the expansive shape. As we can see, this country, probably Niger, is in LEDC phase, it is a developing country. Among the measures that can be applied to deal with the short life expectancy or the country deficiencies we can mention some better hygienic conditions, more potable water and food resources etc. According to the data shown, we can predict that Niger is going to be developing until new measures will be included.