Question

In India, the human population is heavily weighted towards younger age groups as a result of
(a) Short lifespan of many individuals and a low birth rate.
(b) Long lifespan of many individuals and a low birth rate.
(c) Short lifespan of many individuals and a high birth rate.
(d) Long lifespan of many individuals and a high birth rate.

Answer 1

In India, For the age cohorts of 0-4, 5-9, 10-14, and 15-19, the country's population is approximately equal, whereas the figures for older groups are gradually declining.

Complete answer:
- There are no better medical facilities in India, although they are improving, they are still in the development process, leading to a greater number of deaths and hence a shorter life span of individuals.
- But still, many people's shorter life span and higher birth rates potentially lead India's population to a younger generation.
- The proportion of the old age group would be elevated if the mortality rate is increased. But in this situation, the mortality rate is rising, so there would be a short life span and a high birth rate in a human population that is heavily weighted towards the younger age groups.

Additional information:
- In addition, sexual discussions are still considered to be taboo and people do not talk about contraceptives, so the family size is high, particularly in villages. Individuals also want to have a child, which adds to the large size of the family.
- A columnar form (with vertical sides rather than sloped sides) can also be inferred by the pyramid or have an irregular profile.
- A pyramid of the population is a graphical representation of
- The age and sex makeup of a given population.
- It consists of two histograms, one for each sex in which the numbers are horizontally displayed
- Vertically and the ages (by tradition, males on the left and females on the right).
So, the correct answer is ‘(c) Short lifespan of many individuals and high birth rate’.

Note:
- The statistics for gender and age depend on the relationship between fertility, mortality, and migration.
- This, however, does not mean that the population of India will soon begin to shrink as well.
India tends to have more males than females for each cohort, except for the oldest classes.