Population Structure / Distribution

Topic Content:

Population distribution refers to the ways the population of a given country is distributed into certain categories such as age, sex, occupation, and geographical distribution.

Age Distribution:

Age distribution is defined as the breakdown of the population of a country into age groups. Age distribution is very important in economics because it shows the usefulness of the population and the supply of labour required in different sectors of the economy.

The population of a country can be divided into the following age brackets.

These are:

i. 0 – 17 years.
ii. 18 –  60 years.
iii. Above 60 years.

From the above classification, the population within the age bracket 0 – 17 years includes infants, children, and pupils in nurseryNursery, in agriculture, is a place where young plants are raised under intensive management practices for later transplanting into permanent fields/plot. It is also referred to as a place where young... More, primary, secondary and tertiary institutions. This age group is called dependent population because they are not economically