Investigating Population Pyramids Terms

What is the natural increase rate?

The difference between the birth rate and the death rate of a country.

What is Canada's current natural increase rate?

0.3%

How does population growth rate differ from the natural increase rate?

Population growth combines both net migration and natural increase rate.

What is Canada's current population growth rate?

0.8%

What is doubling time?

How long it would take for a country's population to double at the current rate of population growth.

What is the Rule of 70?

In demographics, it is the process of dividing 70 by the population growth rate to estimate how many years it will take for the population to double.

Using the Rule of 70, what is Canada's current doubling time?

87.5 years

What are the three important stages demographers group people into?

Children (under age 15), Working adults (ages 15-64), Older adults (65 and over).

What is the assumption associated with the three demographic stages?

Children and older adults do not work and must be supported by the working population.

What is dependency load?

The part of the population that must be supported.

What is Canada's current dependency load?

31% (18% children and 13% older people).

How does a high dependency load impact the working population?

It puts pressure on society to provide education, housing, healthcare, and senior's homes.

What services do children require?

Elementary and secondary schools.

What services do seniors require?

Expanding healthcare facilities.

How can you recognize a 'bulge' in the population pyramid?

A bulge is recognizable when you see a bar or set of bars extend intensely.

What is an age cohort?

A group of people born within the same specific time period.