Figure 7.1 Age Distribution

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In a stabilized population with low death rates, equal numbers of births and deaths, and no immigration, the number of 50-year-olds would be nearly as large as the number of 5-year-olds.

Source: Ansley Coale, "Alternative Paths to a Stationary Population" (prepared for the Commission, 1972).