A country with a high rate of population growth took measures reduce it. The figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations A and B twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation about them.

B is less recent, showing that population is very young.
A is the earlier pyramid and no change has occurred in the growth rate.
A is more recent and shows slight reduction the growth rate.
B is earlier pyramid and shows stabilised growth rate.

Question

A country with a high rate of population growth took measures reduce it. The figure below shows age-sex pyramids of populations A and B twenty years apart. Select the correct interpretation about them.

B is less recent, showing that population is very young.
A is the earlier pyramid and no change has occurred in the growth rate.
A is more recent and shows slight reduction the growth rate.
B is earlier pyramid and shows stabilised growth rate.

Toppr Admin · Accepted Answer

Population pyramid shows-xA0- the distribution of the population in the country-xA0- The pyramid being broad-based shows high growth rate- high death rate- and short life expectancy- However- comparing the two pyramids show that B represents the population pyramid with the high birth rate as both males and females between the age group 0-9 touched 15 million- The figure A shows a reduced birth rate as the 0-9 age group is only at 12 million- Figure A- therefore-  represents the recent-xA0- population statistics after the reduction measures have been taken by the country-