Introduction
Population Pyramids are back-to-back histograms for ages of males and females in a given group. These are usually used to display and compare national and regional populations.
Example 1
Population pyramid for the total New Zealand population (2006).
(Source: Statistics New Zealand)
Example 2
Waikato Region of New Zealand, 2006 Census data
Total Population (Age and sex)
Maori Population (Age and sex)
(Source: Statistics New Zealand)
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