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  2. Population pyramid - Wikipedia

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    A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or " age-sex pyramid " is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing. [1] Males are usually shown on the left and females on the right ...

  3. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Demographic transition. In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates in societies with minimal technology, education (especially of women) and economic development, to low birth rates and low death rates in societies with advanced technology ...

  4. Population momentum - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of India showing the beginning of population momentum even though their birth rates have been declining since 1955. To calculate population momentum for population A, a theoretical population is constructed in which the birth rate for population A immediately becomes replacement level. Under such conditions, the population ...

  5. Population change - Wikipedia

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    Population change is simply the change in the number of people in a specified area during a specific time period. Demographics (or demography) is the study of population statistics, their variation and its causes. These statistics include birth rates, death rates (and hence life expectancy), migration rates and sex ratios.

  6. Bottom of the pyramid - Wikipedia

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    The pyramid is a graphical depiction of inverse relationship between two variables as one increases the other decreases. We find that the percent of world wealth and the percent of world population controlling it are related with each other in an inverse relation.

  7. Pyramid scheme - Wikipedia

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    A pyramid scheme is a business model which earns primarily by enrolling others into the scheme, however rather than earning income (or providing returns-on-investments) by sale of legitimate products to an end consumer, it mainly earns by recruiting new members with the promise of payments (or services).

  8. List of countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia

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    Methodology. The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods. The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history.

  9. Ecological pyramid - Wikipedia

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    An ecological pyramid (also trophic pyramid, Eltonian pyramid, energy pyramid, or sometimes food pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in an ecosystem . A pyramid of energy shows how much energy is retained in the form of new biomass from each trophic level, while a pyramid ...