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  2. Population pyramid - Wikipedia

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    Population distribution by age and sex for Angola in 2005. 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]

  3. Human population planning - Wikipedia

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    The most significant population planning system in the world was China's one-child policy, in which, with various exceptions, having more than one child was discouraged. Unauthorized births were punished by fines, although there were also allegations of illegal forced abortions and forced sterilization . [ 57 ]

  4. Age class structure - Wikipedia

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    Population Pyramids, one way to visualize a population's age class structure. Age class structures can be used to model population structures of many species including vertebrates, invertebrates, and vegetation. These models allow for the prediction of growth or decline in a population based on current conditions or future management practices.

  5. Demographic statistics - Wikipedia

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    Demographic statistics are measures of the characteristics of, or changes to, a population. Records of births, deaths, marriages, immigration and emigration and a regular census of population provide information that is key to making sound decisions about national policy. [1] [2] A useful summary of such data is the population pyramid. It ...

  6. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of Uzbekistan in 2023 (Stage three). Population pyramid of Israel in 2023 (Stage three). In Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM), death rates are low and birth rates diminish, as a rule accordingly of enhanced economic conditions, an expansion in women's status and education, and access to contraception.

  7. Demographics of China - Wikipedia

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    Population pyramid of China ... the leadership was reluctant to put forth directly the rationale that population control was ... a sophisticated system rewarded those ...

  8. Is population control the answer to fixing climate change?

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    Climate change has taken global centre stage in recent months following three reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that paint a dire picture of ...

  9. Population control - Wikipedia

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    Population control is the practice of artificially maintaining the size of any population. It simply refers to the act of limiting the size of an animal population so that it remains manageable, as opposed to the act of protecting a species from excessive rates of extinction, which is referred to as conservation biology. [1] [2] [3]