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Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 24 on an average the world population reflects a sex ratio of 102 males per 100 females. the highest sex ratio in the world has been recorded in latvia where there are 85 males per 100 females. in contrast in qatar there are 311 males per 100 females. the world pattern of sex ratio does not exhibit variations in the developed regions of the world. the sex ratio is favourable for females in 139 countries of the world and unfavourable for th...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 25 age structure represents the number of people of different age groups. this is an important indicator of population composition since a large size of population in the age group of 15- 59 indicates a large working population. a greater proportion of population above 60 years represents an ageing population which requires more expenditure on health care facilities. similarly high proportion of young population would mean that the region ...
Shine india monthly magazine
Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 26 the shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the population. the left side shows the percentage of males while the right side shows the percentage of women in each age group best magazine subscriptions india. Shine india monthly magazine Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 27 the age-sex pyramid of nigeria as you can see is a triangular shaped pyramid with a wide base and is typical of less developed countries. these have larger populations in lower age groups due to high birth rates. if you construct the pyramids for bangladesh and mexico it would look the same. australias age-sex pyramid is bell shaped and tapered towards the top. this shows birth and death rates are almost equal leading to a near constant... Shine india monthly magazine Shine india monthly magazine Published this article page no 28 the japan pyramid has a narrow base and a tapered top showing low birth and death rates. the population growth in developed countries is usually zero or negative. the division of population into rural and urban is based on the residence. this division is necessary because rural and urban life styles differ from each other in terms of their livelihood and social conditions. the age-sex-occupational structure density of population and lev...