Question
Draw and explain expanding age pyramid of human population. Why is it so called?
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Answer
- In this pyramid, the number of individuals in the pre-reproductive stage is more than that in the reproductive stage; hence, the population will be increasing steadily as there will be more individuals in the reproductive phase in future.
- Since population will expand steadily, it is called so.
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