Question

Take another look at the population pyramid for France in 1950. Notice the disparity between the male and female populations in the 55 to 70 year-old age group. What historical event could account for this disparity?

Answer 1

The disparity between the male and female populations in the 55 to 74 year-old age groups could be attributed to World War I. According to the population chart, there is a noticeably smaller population of males than females in this age group. World War I occurred from 1914 to 1918, and many young men throughout Europe fought and died in the war. By 1950, the age group from that era would be in their 50s and 60s. This population pyramid shows the effect World War I had on that age group.

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Answer 2

The war of 1914-1918 (WWI) resulted, in France by a loss of approximately 2,850,000 inhabitants including 1,350,000 deaths of soldiers.

Those soldiers in 1914 were over 20 years old and would have been over 55 in 1950; this explains the disparity between the male and female population in 55 to 70 years old age in France in 1950.

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