A DEMOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT OF A SOCIETY OR STATE AT ANY GIVEN TIME

CHARACTERISTICS OF PEOPLE IN A SOCIETY AND WHATS GOING ON IN IT

THE POPULATION PERCENTAGE

THE "AGE BRACKETS"

BY GENDER (MALE OR FEMALE)

OLD (50+), BEARING (15-49), BABY (0-14)

THE BEARING BRACKET HAS A FERTILITY RATE OF 2.1

THE BABY BRACKET WILL BE SMALLER THAN THE BEARING BRACKET

CLASSIC, COOL & INTRIGUING

RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, HIGH FERTILITY RATE, HIGH INFANT MORTALITY

BABY IS WIDER THAN BEARING, LATE STAGE 2- EARLY STAGE 3

MOSTLY FARMERS, POSSIBLE FACTORIES, POOR HEALTH CARE,

BEARING HAS ALMOST A 2.1 FERTILITY RATE, STABLE POPULATION GROWTH

LATE STAGE 3- STAGE 4, URBAN, GOOD HEALTH CARE

"NEGATIVE POPULATION GROWTH", LESS THAN 2.1 FERTILITY RATE

LATE STAGE 4- POSSIBLE STAGE 5, SERVICE SECTORS, URBAN, EDUCATION

FR DECLINES, GROWTH RATE STABLE, POPULATION STILL GROWS