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What is meant by population composition?

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  • Population composition refers to the structure of the population.
  • Population composition helps to know the number of males or female, their age-groups, literacy, their occupation, their income level and health conditions etc.
  • Population composition is the description of a population according to characteristics such as age and sex.
    These data are often compared over time using population pyramids.

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