India population

(ferrantraite via Getty Images) India is poised to become the world’s most populous country this year – surpassing China, which has held the distinction Here are key facts about India’s population and its projected changes in the coming decades, based on Pew Research Center analyses of data from the UN and other sources. This Pew Research Center analysis is primarily based on the Population sizes over time come from India’s decennial census. The census has collected detailed information on India’s inhabitants, including on religion, since 1881. Data on fertility and how it is related to factors like education levels and place of residence is from Because future levels of fertility and mortality are inherently uncertain, the UN uses Other sources of information for this analysis are available through the links included in the text. India’s population has grown by more than 1 billion people since 1950, the year the UN population data begins. The exact size of the country’s population is not easily known, given that India has not conducted a Under the UN’s “ below that of the medium variant scenario – forecasts that India’s population will decline beginning in 2047 and fall to 1 billion people by 2100. People under the age of 25 account for more than 40% of India’s population. In fact, there are so many Indians in this age group that roughly one-in-five people globally who are under the age of 25 live in India. Looking at India’s age distribution another way, the country’s me...

Commuters alight at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus, one of the busiest railway stations in India. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Commuters alight at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus, one of the busiest railway stations in India. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty The US is a distant third, with an estimated population of 340 million people by the end of June. The data in the report is based on information available up to February. Population experts using previous data from the UN have projected India’s population would surpass China’s in April, but the global body’s latest report did not specify a date. UN population officials have said it is not possible to pinpoint a date because of uncertainty about the data from Although the two countries combined will account for more than a third of the estimated 8.045 billion people in the world, population growth in both has been slowing, albeit much faster in China than in India. Last year, China’s population shrank for the first time in six decades. The decrease is expected to mark the beginning of a long period of population decline in China, with profound implications for its economy and the world. Read more A spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry said population dividends did not only depend on quantity but also on quality. “Population is important but talents are also important … … China has taken active measures to respond to population ageing,” Wang Wenbin said on Wednesd...

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NEW DELHI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - As the global population reaches 8 billion, India, formerly a powerful driver of the number of people on the planet, is experiencing a marked slowdown. Falling fertility rates in the South Asian country have forced at least one state to consider reviewing policies that encouraged families not to go beyond having two children. The world's population is estimated by the United Nations to have hit 8 billion on Nov. 15, with China and India accounting for more than a third of the total. India estimates its population at 1.38 billion, slightly lower than the 1.4 billion that the World Bank estimates for China. India will become the most populous country in 2023, according to the United Nations. But India's annual population growth has averaged 1.2% since 2011, compared with 1.7% in the 10 years previously, government figures show. Further slowing can be expected. India's total fertility rate (TFR) - children per woman - fell to 2 in the latest assessment period, for 2019-2021, from 3.4 in 1992-93, according to a government report issued last month. It estimated that the average must be 2.1 for the population to reproduce itself. Increasing use of contraceptives and rising education among girls could have contributed to the decline in fertility rates, the government says. The use of family-planning methods jumped to 66.7% in 2019-21 from 53.5% in 2015-16. That indicated that India's national population policies and health systems were working, the U...