Early Settlement
For More Information:
http://www.pygmies.org/: This website provides an insight into the African Pygmy population. You'll be able to learn more about the different tribes of Pygmies, and their various cultures and lifestyles. Follow Luis Devin and his experiences living within the various Pygmy tribes.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/: This is an interactive map following the journey of humans out of Africa and around the globe. You follow along a timeline, stopping at various points of significance. There are articles available for further reading, as wells as points on the map to show the climate change, the start of agriculture, and other significant events and locations.
http://www.pygmies.org/: This website provides an insight into the African Pygmy population. You'll be able to learn more about the different tribes of Pygmies, and their various cultures and lifestyles. Follow Luis Devin and his experiences living within the various Pygmy tribes.
http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/: This is an interactive map following the journey of humans out of Africa and around the globe. You follow along a timeline, stopping at various points of significance. There are articles available for further reading, as wells as points on the map to show the climate change, the start of agriculture, and other significant events and locations.
Current Population
In the first figure, you see the population pyramid of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the year 1950. You can see that most of the population is under the age of 15, with few elderly people above the age of 85. This type of pyramid shows a country that is experiencing, or is about to experience, a period of population growth. As the kids grow older, and start having kids of their own, the population will increase, as shown on the graph to the right of the pyramid.
In the second figure, it is the projected population pyramid of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the year 2050. The number of young children have decreased, and more of the population is in the 20-35 age range. The population is still growing, and remains relatively young, but, as can be proven by the graph on the right, the growth is starting to slow down. |