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Analysis of an age-sex pyramid

Answer Text:
Analysis of an age-sex pyramid:
-In developing countries, the young people are usually more than the adults.
-Therefore the age-sex pyramid for such countries have a broad base.
-In developed countries, the young people are fewer than the adults.
-Thus the age sex-pyramid have a narrow base while it’s broad in the middle ages and narrow at the older age-groups.

An age-sex pyramid for Kenya based on 1999 population

An age-sex pyramid for a developed country.