The document discusses how a country's population structure, as shown through a population pyramid, can affect its development. A population pyramid displays the percentage of a country's population in different age brackets. For the Philippines in 2007, approximately 34.5% of the total population was between ages 0-14, demonstrating it has a young population, which can impact a country's economic activity.

2. AGE AND POPULATION
•A country’s development can be affected by the
distribution and composition of it’s population.
•The structure of a population or population profile is
created by the number of people in its various age
categories.
TO THE PYRAMID!

3. THE POPULATION PYRAMID
•This is the population pyramid or age-sex pyramid.
•The population pyramid displays the percentages of
the entire population in various age brackets.

4. •The Philippines has a young population.
•A country is considered young if a large part
of its population is between 15 years old
and below.
WE ARE
YOUNG!

5. •According to 2007 estimates, people
belonging to the 0-14 bracket comprised
about 34.5% of the total population.
•The age composition has a big effect on
the economic activity of the population
of a country.

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