Assignment task: Go to populationpyramid (website) and find the population pyramid for North America
Q1. Describe the population pyramid and analyze what it suggests in terms of demographic trends.
Q2. What population and/or economic issues can be foresene given the distribution of the population by age cohorts?
Q3. Does the shape of the pyramid portend the development status of the country?
Q4. Can we go beyond socio-economic issues and make assumptions on types of economic or political systems?