Study the three different pictures of population pyramid given below and answer the following5 questions. (Q1)

Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

Statement 1: The age-sex structure of a population refers to the number of females and males in different age groups. 

Statement 2:The shape of the population pyramid reflects the characteristics of the population.

Statement 3: Population in the age group of 14- 59 indicates the working population of a country.

Statements 1 and 2 are correct.

The age-sex structure of a population refers to the number of females and males in different age groups. A population pyramid is used to show the age-sex structure of the population. 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.

Population in the age group of 15- 59 indicates the working population of a country.