Question

Since many societies have a dominantly young age structure, their population will tend to increase over the short run despite successful national family planning programs.True / False.

Answer 1

Answer: True.

Explanation:

There would be an increase in population of a country which is mainly comprised of young population, regardless of family planning programs because, there would still be more births and less deaths in the population. Population size is majorly dependent on the birth and death rate, and in a young population the birth rate would tend to be higher.

Answer 2

Answer:

TRUE

Explanation:

Age structure has been an important item in the demographic studies. In 2005, most South-Africa, Latin America and South Asian regions were known to have very young and vibrant age structures that were nearly half of the total populations of the areas. With high number of women in their reproductive years, the national family planning program successfully happened in some areas but their population growth maintained an increase over a shot period.