Population & DevelopmentHow the age structure of a population affects growth.EconomicsThe demographic transition.1High birth and death ratesPopulation grows slowly, life expectancy is low.2Death rates fallHealth and nutrition improve; population grows rapidly.3Birth rates fallWith income, education and child survival.4The dividend windowLarge working-age share, fewer dependants.5AgeingDependency rises again at the other end.The dividend is only realised if the working-age population findsproductive employment. Otherwise it becomes a strain.Population & Developmentlearnposters.com
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The demographic transition.

  1. High birth and death ratesPopulation grows slowly, life expectancy is low.
  2. Death rates fallHealth and nutrition improve; population grows rapidly.
  3. Birth rates fallWith income, education and child survival.
  4. The dividend windowLarge working-age share, fewer dependants.
  5. AgeingDependency rises again at the other end.

The dividend is only realised if the working-age population finds productive employment. Otherwise it becomes a strain.

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What’s on the Population & Development poster?
5 numbered steps. The demographic transition. High birth and death rates — Population grows slowly, life expectancy is low.; Death rates fall — Health and nutrition improve; population grows rapidly.; Birth rates fall — With income, education and child survival.; The dividend window — Large working-age share, fewer dependants.; Ageing — Dependency rises again at the other end.. The dividend is only realised if the working-age population finds productive employment. Otherwise it becomes a strain.
Who is the Population & Development poster for?
Population & Development belongs to the Economics section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning development can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Population & Development poster?
A large working-age share relative to dependants creates a window, not a guarantee. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Population & Development belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Population & Development?
Does Aid Work?, Climate & Development and Education & Development sit alongside Population & Development in the Economics section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Does Aid Work?Climate & DevelopmentEducation & Development
Is the Population & Development poster free to download and print?
Yes. Population & Development downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Economics section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Population & Development poster print at?
Population & Development is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Population & Development loses nothing.Printing guide

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