What do you mean by age composition?
Differentiate between productive population and dependent population
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Age-Dependency Ratio The ratio of persons in the ages defined as dependent (under 15 years and over 64 years) to persons in the ages defined as economically productive (15-64 years) in a population. Age Structure The proportion of the total population in each age group.
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a) Age distribution, also called Age Composition, in population studies, the proportionate numbers of persons in successive age categories in a given population. ... A population with persistently high fertility, for instance, has a large proportion of children and a small proportion of aged persons.
b) A dependent population,also known as the non-working category, is the group of people that aged below 15 (children) and above 60 (elderly people). This category consists of unemployed people. Hence, they do not contribute to the economic development of the country.
A Productive Population or the working population refers to the population that can directly contribute to the economy of the country. This population comprises of people with the age range 15 to 59 years. This category of the population can influence the rapid rise or the decline of the economy of a country.