- Introduction
- Biological Composition
- Racial and Ethnic Composition
- Age Composition of Population
- Sex Composition of Population
- Cultural Characteristics of Population
- Religious Composition
- Linguistic Composition
- Educational Composition
- Economic Composition of Population
Introduction
The term “Population Composition” actually refers to the characteristics of the particular group of people. The composition or characteristics of the population can be represented in many different ways. These characteristics include the distribution of the population across the number of men relative to the number of women and also across age structure of society. Indeed, Age and Sex composition of population are considered as most important aspects of the population composition. The data on the population by Age and Sex is of great importance for the health administrators and demographers for the planning of various developmental projects and initiating health programs. Basically, the classification of the Urban/Rural, sex and marital status with respect to age expose the basic characteristics of the population and also provides us with the disaggregated data for the target based groups. Actually, these characteristics create a profile of the population and also the very attributes that in real sense give population its particular character.
There are many different types of population composition and it is broadly divided into three different types:
- Biological Composition
- Cultural Composition
- Economic Composition