What do you understand by population composition?
Population composition:
(i)Population composition refers to those characteristics of population which are measurable and which help us distinguish one group of people from the other.
(ii)Age, sex, literacy, occupation are some of the important components which reflect the composition of population.
(iii)These components in different societies have different proportions. They also affect the life of all the people in a society and help in setting future agenda for development.
What is the significance of age structure?
Which one of the following figures represents the working age group of the population?
15 to 65 years
15 to 64 years
15 to 66 years
15 to 59 years
D.
15 to 59 years
Switch
