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[17] [18] In 2017 its population growth rate was 0.98%, ranking 112th in the world; in contrast, from 1972 to 1983, India's population grew by an annual rate of 2.3%. [ 19 ] In 2023, the median age of an Indian was 29.5 years, [ 20 ] compared to 39.8 for China and 49.5 for Japan; and, by 2030; India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4. [ 21 ]
In its 2001 census report, India stated zero married girls below the age of 10, 1.4 million married girls out of 59.2 million girls aged 10–14, and 11.3 million married girls out of 46.3 million girls aged 15–19. [49] Times of India reported that 'since 2001, child marriage rates in India have fallen by 46% between 2005 and 2009. [50]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Figures are from the 2024 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, ... (2023) India: 23,219,489 China ...
Census of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2012. "Census of India 2001. Chapter 6: Sex Composition of the Population" (PDF). Census of India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 March 2021; John, Mary E (16 April 2011). "Census 2011: Governing Populations and the Girl Child" (PDF). Economic & Political Weekly.
As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population . [ 2 ] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the ...
The 2025 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase. Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register , and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, [ 1 ] they have been ...
The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2024 World Population Data Sheet [6] published online. The PRB [7] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929.
The decennial census of India has been conducted 15 times, as of 2011. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under Viceroy Lord Mayo , the first complete census was taken in 1872. [ 1 ]