Question

"Analysis of age pyramids for human population can provide important inputs for long term planning strategies." Explain.

Answer 1

The age structure of a population is the percentage of individuals of different ages such as young, adult and old. 86 structure of a population can be shown by a pyramid line diagram by plotting the per cent of the population of each sex in each age group.

The age distribution is necessary to see that where the population graph is heading whether it is rapidly growing or expanding population or a decline in population or a stationary or stable.