Question

The population pyramid of India is given below. Read the pyramid and answer the following questions.

(i) Which pyramid type does India belong to? 

(ii) Comment upon the age structure of its population.

Answer 1

(i) The pyramid of India belongs to expansive A type.

(ii) The shape of the India’s population pyramid has a broad base and narrowing apex. This indicates the population below the age 0-15 years is very large and population in the age above 60 years is very small.

• Due to large number of children dependency ratio is very high.
• The narrow apex indicates more people die at the higher age group.
• This also indicates high birth rates and high death rates.