NECO Economics · Population, labour and the productive sectors

Population: NECO Economics Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Population

Our summary: How population size, growth and distribution are measured and how they affect economic development.

  • Determination and implication of size and growth of population
  • Rural–urban migration
  • Malthusian theory of population
  • Geographical, age, sex and occupational distribution
  • Importance and problems of census
  • Population and economic development (under-population, optimum population and over-population)

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NECO Economics questions on Population

  1. NECO 2009The growth of a country’s population is affected by
  2. NECO 2007Population density refers to
  3. NECO 2005Which of the following will NOT bring about an increase in Labour force?
  4. NECO 2004Which of the following is NOT a problem of population census in Nigeria?
  5. NECO 2003In the demographic transition theory, stage II represents a stage where
  6. NECO 2003The central point of the Malthusian theory is that

Years with Population questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2009
  • 2007
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 2003