Definitely. I hadn't factored in increased mortality for the very young and very old so thanks for pointing that out. All other things being equal, I think you are correct that settlement population would follow a bell curve. On the other hand, the drafting* of those in the 16-60ish (men and some women) for military service or industrial work (I hadn't considered the latter, so thanks again) age range would flatten it out, no?
Or, might we be looking at an inverted bell-curve? That's always how I'd imagined it- significantly more young and old than prime military age inhabitants. I recall reading somewhere that in some villages in rural England, after the Great War (aka WWI), there were no men between the ages of 18-35 as they'd all perished in the war. As you mentioned, child relocation would definitely raise the young side of the curve as well.
*Or enslavement, if slavers are a part of one's T2kU.
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