What do you mean by composition of population or demographic structure

1.	What do you mean by composition of population or demographic structure? What is its significance? Name any two characteristics of a population.
Answer» Population composition or demographic structure: Refers to the physical, sociocultural and economic attributes of the population such as age and sex, place of residence, language, religion, martial status, literacy, etc. Significance: The characteristics of population composition are measurable and help in distinguishing one group from another. Two Characteristics of a population are : 1. Rural and Urban Composition: This is on the basis of where a person resides. Rural refers to villages and urban refers to cities and towns. 2. Age and sex Composition : It refers to the percentage of people in different age groups in a given population and sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males in a population).

What do you mean by composition of population or demographic structure? What is its significance? Name any two characteristics of a population.

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Population composition or demographic structure: Refers to the physical, sociocultural and economic attributes of the population such as age and sex, place of residence, language, religion, martial status, literacy, etc. Significance: The characteristics of population composition are measurable and help in distinguishing one group from another.

Two Characteristics of a population are :

1. Rural and Urban Composition: This is on the basis of where a person resides. Rural refers to villages and urban refers to cities and towns.

2. Age and sex Composition : It refers to the percentage of people in different age groups in a given population and sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males in a population).

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