Population pyramids - age and sex distribution in East Iceland

A population pyramid  is a graph that shows the age-sex distribution of a given population at given time.

In Iceland the percentage of agegroups  0-4 to 55-59 is similar but decreases as people grow older and die.


Figure 1.  Population pyramid of Iceland 2014

Population pyramids are divided by gender.  The pyramids in figures 1 – 3 show males on the left side (blue) and women on the right side ( red).  Each bar corresponds to the proportion of total population that are men or female of each age group.  For example 0-4 year old girls were 3.3% of the total population of East Iceland in 2014 but women age 30-34 were 2.8%.  Boys age 0-4 were 3.5% of the population in East Iceland but men age 30 – 34 3.4% (Figure 2)

Figure 2. Population pyramid of East Iceland 2014

In 2014 47.2 of the population in East Iceland were female and 52.8% male.  In 2006 36.1% of the population were female and 63.9% male.  The population pyramid looked different then ( Figure 3)

You can find more information on demographics in East Iceland in indicator 1.11.