Question
Use the population pyramid below to answer the following question.
What type of population pyramid is Africa from 1960 showing? Explain your answer using the terms birth rate and life expectancy in your response. This should be 1-2 sentences long.
Use these sentence starters if you would like:
Africa in 1960 is a ___________ type of population pyramid.
I know this because ___________.
What type of population pyramid is Africa from 1960 showing? Explain your answer using the terms birth rate and life expectancy in your response. This should be 1-2 sentences long.
Use these sentence starters if you would like:
Africa in 1960 is a ___________ type of population pyramid.
I know this because ___________.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Africa in 1960 is a triangular type of population pyramid. I know this because it shows a high birth rate with a broad base, indicating many young people, while life expectancy is relatively low, leading to a quick tapering off at older age cohorts.