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Population composition and Population structure
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| Population composition | Population structure |
| (i) Population composition covers all the characteristics of population that can be measured. | (i) Composition of population gives idea about the structure of population. |
| (ii) On the basis of composition, we can classify and understand it’s characteristics. | (ii) Population structure gives idea about dependency ratio and its impact on economy of the country. |
| (iii) Examples of population composition are age structure, sex ratio, literacy rate, occupational structure etc. | (iii) For example, age composition gives idea about percentage of young, adult and old age population. |
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