Question

4. Define the following:
(i) Workforce or working population
(ii) Literacy rate
(iii) Birth rate
(iv) Infant mortality rate
(v) Growth rate of population
(vi) Population pyramid​

Answer 1

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❀The workforce is the total number of people in a country or region who are physically able to do a job and are available for work. ... The workforce is the total number of people who are employed by a particular company.

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❀Literacy in India is a key for socio-economic progress, Despite government programmes, India's literacy rate increased only "sluggishly". The 2011 census, indicated a 2001–2011 decadal literacy growth of 9.2%, which is slower than the growth seen during the previous decade.

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❀The number of live births per thousand of population per year.

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❀Infant mortality is the death of an infant before his or her first birthday. The infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.In 2018, the infant mortality rate in the United States was 5.7 deaths per 1,000 live births.

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❀Population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population. Global human population growth amounts to around 83 million annually, or 1.1% per year. The global population has grown from 1 billion in 1800 to 7.8 billion in 2020.

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❀A population pyramid, also called an "age-gender-pyramid", is a graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

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