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(i) What is age pyramid?

(ii) The growth status of a population is reflected by which attribute of pyramids?

(iii) Name the different types of age pyramid.

Answer:

(i) Population at any given time is composed of individuals of different ages. When the age distribution is plotted for the population, it is called age pyramid.

(ii) The growth status of the population is reflected by the shape of the pyramid.

(iii) These are following three types of age pyramids, i.e. expanding, stable and declining.