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Table of Contents
1.
Population structure:......................................................................................................2
2.
2.1
2.2
2.3
Age pyramids:...........................................................................................................4
2.4
Age groups:...............................................................................................................6
2.5
Age indices:...............................................................................................................6
2.6
Dependency ratio:....................................................................................................7
2.7
3.2
3.3
3.4
Conclusion:............................................................................................................................11
Table of figure
Tables
Table 1: Age indices of pakistan...........................................................................................7
Population structure is the composition of a given population, which is broken down into
categories such as age and gender.
Population structure can be used to categorize populations into many subsections and
demonstrate population demographics on a local, regional or national scale.
There are five main characteristics of a population and these include population size,
population density, population distribution, age structure and reproductive base.
pyramids are often viewed as the most effective way to graphically depict the age and
sex distribution of a population, partly because of the very clear image these
pyramids represent.
2.3.1 Types of population pyramid:
Comparing the distribution of population across the four provinces and the four
territories, namely Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), FATA (Federally Administered
Tribal Areas (FATA), Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) and GB (Gilgit Baltistan), in
the BISP-PSS to that found in the Census 1998 we see that except for the downward
shift in Punjab (from 55.6 per cent to 51.6 per cent) population proportion of all other
areas remain close to what it was sixteen years back (see Table 1). Sindh, however,
does show an increase of 1.3 per cent in its population share from where it was in
Census 1998. On the contrary, FATA and Balochistan both show a slight lowering in
their population shares. There are obvious geo-political and social reasons for it but
presence of GB and AJK in the BISP-PSS figures are also affecting the overall
distribution of the population.
Conclusion:
The age and the sex structure of the population are the most important demographic
characteristics that are captured by a census of a population. Age and sex are two
attributes that largely influence an individuals role in society