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What is the importance of studying age-wise population?

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Age-wise population of India:

  • The classification of Indian population into various age groups is called age- wise population of India.
  • The total population is divided into three age groups. They are:
    1. 0-14 years,
    2. 15-64 years and
    3. 65 and more
  • The study of age-wise population helps in understanding aspects like productive and unproductive age groups and hence, working and non-working population.
  • Changes in death-rate and fertility rate affects the age-wise classification of population. This in turn affects in future affect the family size and the labour market.


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