They are often characterized by their typical ‘pyramid’ shape, which has a broad base and narrow top. Look at the population pyramid for Germany in 1991 (in thousands) and figure out what this says about the past population. Expansive population pyramids show a larger percentage of the population in the younger age cohorts, usually with each age cohort smaller in size than the one below it. Germany - Germany - Population structure: Germany is the most populous European country west of Russia. 鳄»>�èŠ@¨§iü ù±C8?„Lêˆ@P~9/ß”'_P@8êk´îàjÙÁ²5
:İùÆ9ï \Ä> ¶‰x. Population at working age 20 to 66 years. Germany Area and Population Density. Publications. Its population density is high in comparison with most other European countries, though it is exceeded by Belgium and the Netherlands. Although living standards have improved dramatically in the East over the past 20 years, it still lags behind in economic development, and as a result, many people head west in search of better job opportunities. What does the shape of the pyramid tell you (for example, about the age structure of the population)? 3 / 3. 1 / 3. Population aged 67 years and over. Rural population growth (annual %) School enrollment, secondary (% gross) School enrollment, secondary, male (% net) Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults) Smoking prevalence, males (% of adults) Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) Sources - What is a population pyramid? Expansive population pyramids are used to describe populations that are young and growing. When East Germany and West Germany were reunited in 1990, the population of East Germany was around 16.1 million people. More. Population. Germany has one of the world’s lowest birth rates, and its life expectancy—some 75 years for males and 80 for females—is among the world’s highest. Other indicators visualized on maps: (In English only, for now) Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) Age structure of the population in Germany . Source: Destatis What type of population can you recognise in the pyramid (high, low or negative population growth)? - Keywords: demography, population pyramid, age pyramid, aging, retirement, WORLD, 2019. Here we present results of the 14th coordinated population projection through an animated age pyramid. Population pyramids show the structure of a population by comparing relative numbers of people in different age groups. Blog - Follow us on Twitter - Buy a poster - Contact us by email, © December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/, Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100, Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries, Comparison of carbon emissions per country, List of countries ordered by their population size, Origin of the migrants stocks per country, Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19), Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population), Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV), Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV), Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total), Children with fever receiving antimalarial drugs (% of children under age 5 with fever), Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information (%), Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79), Diarrhea treatment (% of children under 5 receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding), GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), Health expenditure per capita (current US$), Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children) - Turberculosis, Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) - Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and Tetanus, Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) - Hepatitis B, Immunization, Hib3 (% of children ages 12-23 months) - Meningitis, Pneumonia, and Epiglottitis, Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months), Immunization, Polio (% of one-year-old children), Incidence of HIV (% of uninfected population ages 15-49), Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 population at risk), Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people), Labor force, female (% of total labor force), Literacy rate, adult female (% of females ages 15 and above), Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above), Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24), People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population), Population ages 65 and above (% of total), Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49), Prevalence of overweight, female (% of female adults), Prevalence of overweight, male (% of male adults), Prevalence of overweight (% of children under 5), Prevalence of syphilis (% of women attending antenatal care), Public spending on education, total (% of GDP), Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk), School enrollment, secondary, male (% net), Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births), Smoking prevalence, females (% of adults), Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population), Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people), Unemployment, total (% of total labor force), http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/.