UNIVERSITY OF HARGEISA

Introduction to population studies

Assignment one

Ayan Yahye Abdilahi [1818096]

 Question one
A.

AGE NUMBER OF AGE NUMBER OF

POP POP
23 48122 25 98247
24 45689 30 101628
25 – 29 270261 35 95731
30 – 34 211932 40 89341
35 – 39 212648 45 75378
40 – 44 161341 50 40864
45 – 49 132414 55 53679
50 – 54 68859 60 32987
55 – 59 68859 TOTAL 587855
60 32987
61 2663
62 3691
TOTAL 1259466

pop 25+30+. . .55+60

whipples index= ×10 0
1
587855 5 pop23+.. . 62
K= ∗100=233 .3
1/5*1259466

B. Myres index
 Termina POP POP COL CUL BLENDE PERCEN PERCEN
l age STAR STARTI UMN OMN D TAGE TAGE Of
TING NG AGE 1 2 POP DEVIATI
AGE 20 ON
10

0 485542 376936 1 9 3877966 19.19 9.19

1 158023 80064 2 8 956558 4.73 -5.27
2 292736 185217 3 7 2174727 10.76 0.76
3 186656 105524 4 6 1379768 6.83 -3.17
4 163654 82510 5 5 1230820 6.09 -3.91
5 461092 378192 6 4 4279320 21.17 11.17
6 165689 79944 7 3 1399655 6.92 -3.08
7 185936 114275 8 2 1716038 8.49 -1.51
8 222107 122453 9 1 2121416 10.50 0.50
9 107705 5850 10 0 1077050 5.33 -4.67
TOTAL 20213318 100

Question two

a)
males
Sex Ratio = ∗100
females

1674034
¿ ∗100=91 .83
1822846

b)
Children+Elderly
Dependecy Ratio= ∗100
working ages
 1547486
= ∗100
1880865

¿ 82. 27

c) Child women’s ratio

children aged 0-4

C /W Ratio= ∗1000
women aged 15-44

511777
= ∗1000
935026

¿547 .3
Age group Male female Percentage of Percentage of
male female

0–4 258716 253061 15.5 13.9

5–9 239654 235754 14.3 12.9
10 – 14 231857 224503 13.9 12.3
15 – 19 183327 205777 11 11.3
20 – 24 139522 178504 8.3 9.8
25 – 29 114206 156054 6.8 8.6
30 – 34 91938 119995 5.5 6.6
35 – 39 93115 119533 5.6 6.6
40 – 44 74201 87140 4.4 4.8
45 – 49 64392 68023 3.8 3.7
50 – 54 54249 58166 3.2 3.2
55 – 59 35864 32994 2.1 1.8
60 – 64 36859 35535 2.2 1.9
65 - 69 24612 20304 1.5 1.1
70 – 74 25188 23531 1.5 1.3
+75 6334 3972 0.4 0.2
Total 1674034 1822846 100 100
 75 +
70  -  74
65  -  69
60  -  64
55  -  59
50  -  54
45  -  49
40  -  44
35  -  39 female
male
30  -  34
25  -  29
20  -  24

-20.0 -15.0 -10.0 -5.0 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0

Less economically developed countries typically have a youth growing

population. The country that represents this pyramid has high birth rate which is
shown by the broad base on the pyramid; each consecutive age group moving up
the pyramid gets narrower due to the high death rates and short life expectancy.
This pyramid characterized by large families, may children and few old people.
Population growth is rapid. Civil war, diseases such as aids and poverty have
contributed to high death rates. The youth population has high dependency ratio.