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Distilled Demographics: Deciphering Population Pyramids

Distilled Demographics: Deciphering Population Pyramids

โ€œDistilled Demographics,โ€ PRBโ€™s video series, highlights key demographic concepts such as fertility, mortality, and migration. Through these short videos, you can learn demographyโ€™s real-world application and impact.

In this first video, โ€œDeciphering Population Pyramids,โ€ PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a countryโ€™s demographic profile. But what do they tell us about a countryโ€™s past and future? โ€œThese videos not only show that demography can be exciting, but also highlight how population trends and issues affects the well-being of us all,โ€ says Haub. โ€œFertility, mortality, and migrationโ€”along with other demographic issuesโ€”play a major role in determining what kind of opportunities and challenges people face in their communities and countries.โ€


PRBโ€™s Distilled Demographics video series is underwritten through the generosity of Juanita Tamayo Lott and Robert H. Lott in support of PRBโ€™s Millennial Generation Outreach Program, and in memory of Jorge del Pinal.

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