Examine the role of population pyramid in the study of population composition of a country.
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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 (typically that of a country or region of the world), which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.[1] Males are conventionally shown on the left and females on the right, and they may be measured by raw number or as a percentage of the total population. This tool can be used to visualize the age of a particular population.[2] It is also used in ecology to determine the overall age distribution of a population; an indication of the reproductive capabilities and likelihood of the continuation of a species.
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Population pyramids are used by demographers as a tool for understanding the make-up of a given population, whether a city, country, region, or the world. ... It a graphic profile of the population's residents. Sex is shown on the left/right sides, age on the y-axis, and the percentage of population on the x-axis