Animation of Population Dynamics: A Prototype

In the third of three videos on basic population dynamics, Professor Sue J. Goldie discusses the age structure of populations. She walks students through a graphical representation of a population pyramid, showing the male and female population plotted by age. Using Bangladesh as a stylized example, a comparison is made between the shape of the population pyramid now, to the shape of the pyramid in 1960 (high fertility and high mortality rates) and the shape…

In the second of three videos on basic population dynamics, Professor Sue J. Goldie defines the demographic transition and walks through a graphical representation of the historical patterns of mortality and fertility changes over time. Emphasizing that fertility declines only after mortality declines, she discusses the implications of each phase of the demographic transition on population growth.  This video is preceded by a video on populaton dynamics and is followed by a video on population…

This video serves as a brief introduction to a three part series on basic population dynamics. In the three videos, Professor Sue J. Goldie introduces the drivers of population dynamics and demographic change, the demographic transition and population growth, and the implications of population age structure. The three video series includes: Population Dynamics [14:28] Population Growth [12:00] Population Age Structure [15:02] Companion resources include selected reports and articles, data portals and interactives, country profiles, and…