Study the three different pictures of population pyramid given below and answer the following question. (Q2)
Which of the following age category represents ageing population?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
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.