What are the bad effects of population explosion on society? How does population pyramid help in understanding the population of the country?

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Describe the distribution of population in the world.

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Look at the given figure and find out of these countries how many are in Asia? Locate them on a world map

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Which are the geographical factors affecting the distribution of population?

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Briefly explain the age, structure and composition of the population of India.

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Briefly explain the density of population in India

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Study the given population pyramid and answer the following questions:

(i) What does the narrow base of the pyramid indicate?
(ii) Looking at the pyramid, the life expectancy of the people seems to be low or high?
(iii) The pyramid extends well beyond 75 years of age. What does it say about the death rate of the country?
(iv) What does the broad middle of the pyramid indicate about the working age of the people of the country?
(v) Name a country the population trend of which matches the population pyramid given here.

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Look carefully at the given graph and answer the questions that follow

(i) Which continent has the lowest share of population
(ii) Which continent has about 12% of the world population?
(iii) Which two continents have the greatest percentage of population?
(iv) Which two continents have the lowest share of population?
(v) How much percentage of the world's population does Asia support alone?

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