World+Population+Trends+and+Pyramids

For this mini-project, you will be looking up and analyzing the demographics of populations in the Developed (Industrialized), Developing (Industrializing), and Under-developed (pre-industrial) nations. In order to assess how these populations have changed, and will likely change in the future, we will be analyzing age-distribution graphs, otherwise known as "Population Pyramids."

You will need to pick three countries, 1 developed, 1 developing, and 1 pre-industrial. For each of these three countries, you will need to obtain 3 population pyramids from one of the websites listed below - one pyramid for the year 2000, one for 2025, and one for 2050 - for a total of nine population pyramids. All additional instructions are on the handout provided in class.

Websites: US Census Bureau - International Database
 * Try this website first, but be advised that the website is often flaky, and often inaccessible due to technical difficulties on the Government's end.
 * If this website fails to load, try:

NationMaster - World Statistics and Country Comparisons
 * To access population pyramids, click on a country, then click on "Age Distribution" (should be the first item on the list).
 * Follow the same instructions detailed in your handout, except use the years 2000, 2020, and 2050.

//**In order to print your population pyramids efficiently (we like to CONSERVE RESOURCES in Environmental Science), please copy and paste these into a Word document, and put all 3 population pyramids for each country on the same page (so that you only print one page per country). You may even be able to fit as many as 6 or 9 pyramids on each page, if you're cool enough...**//