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Absolute figure — Eduqas GCSE Geography A Definition

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GCSE Geography · key term

Absolute figure

Definition

The actual number of people or events, rather than their share of a total.

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Eduqas GCSE Geography A · C111

Component 1, Component 2, Component 3

Each bar represents one sex within one age group. Its length shows either an absolute figure, meaning the actual number of people, or a percentage. Longer bars mean more people or a larger share of the population.
Revise: Interpreting Population Pyramids and Thematic Maps

Eduqas Geography A past papers

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Choropleth map
Flow-line map
Population pyramid
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