What trends will a study of a country's population pyramid indicate?
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A population pyramid indicates the strength of working age population ( between the age of 15 to 64 years ) in a country.
A population pyramid also indicates the gender ratio comparing number of females per 1000 males in a city, region or country.
It indicates the population of dependents ( children, old age people, housewives) which guides the government to make suitable policies for their housing, food, healthcare and other basic needs.
A country's population pyramid indicates the distribution of the country's population among the different age groups, i.e., the young, the reproductively able, and the old.
The study of the population pyramids can help ascertain which direction the country's population growth is going.
For example a country with large amount of Pre-reproductive age group population, is likely to experience a surge in population growth rate.