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It shows the social and demographic characteristics of people in a place.
It provides important information for the government to launch different development
planning.
It supports the nation to study about the condition of geographical regions and their
opportunities.
It shows the real picture of society.

Classification of Composition of Population

Composition of population can be classified into various types which are as follows:
A. Composition of population by sex
B. Composition of population by age
C. Composition of population by castes
D. Composition of population by language
E. Composition of population by religion
F Composition of population by education

A. Composition of Population by Sex
The distribution of population on the basis of their sex (i.e. male and female) is called
composition of population by sex. The composition of population by sex denotes the total
number of males and females in a particular region or place.
The composition of population by sex can be shown in the following table.

Census Year Male Female Total Population Male% Female%
2001 A.D. (2058 B.S) 11563921 11587502 23151423 49.9 50.1
2011 A.D. (2068 B.S) 12849041 13645463 26494504 48.5 51.5

Source: CBS, 2058 B.S. and 2068 B.S.
The above table shows the total number of males and females in 2001 and 2011 A.D.
census. It shows that number of females is more than males in those censuses in Nepal.
Generally, life expectancy of females is more than males in many countries in the world.
In our context as well, females have more life expectancy than that of males.

B. Composition of Population by Age
The distribution of population on the basis of their age is called as composition of
population by age. The composition of population by age denotes the population of
different age. It shows the number of children, school going children, economically active
and inactive population as well as the old people.
We can classify population into three major groups which are as follows:
a. (0 – 14) years children
t Economically inactive/ Dependent population
b. 60 yrs and above people
c. (15 – 59) years people } Economically active population/ Independent population
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