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By 2030, India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4. [3] However, the number of children in India peaked more than a decade ago and is now falling. The number of children under the age of five peaked in 2007 and the number of Indians under 15 years old peaked in 2011. [4] There are significant issues affecting young people around education ...
Under the Mughal Empire, India experienced a high economic and demographic upsurge, [31] due to Mughal agrarian reforms that intensified agricultural production. [32] 15% of the population lived in urban centres, higher than the percentage of the population in 19th-century British India [33] and contemporary Europe [33] up until the 19th ...
The following list of countries by age structure sorts the countries of the world according to the age distribution of their population. The population is divided into three groups: Ages 0 to 14 years: children. Ages 15 to 64 years: working population or adults. Over the age of 65: elderly, senior citizens.
The latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India. [7] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population growth rate has slowed down from 2.15 percent to 1.76 percent. [7]
The population of India as per 2011 census was 1,210,854,977. [31] India added 181.5 million to its population since 2001, slightly lower than the population of Brazil. India, with 2.4% of the world's surface area, accounts for 17.5% of its population. Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with roughly 200 million people.
India’s population over 60 will double in 2050 from the 10.5 per cent recorded in 2022, ... Celtics fend off Cavaliers rally, hand Cleveland its 1st loss after 15-0 start. Sports.
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] Post 1949, it has been conducted by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government ...
Under the World Bank's later revised poverty line, it was 21% in 2011. [q] [350] 30.7% of India's children under the age of five are underweight. [351] According to a Food and Agriculture Organization report in 2015, 15% of the population is undernourished. [352] [353] The Midday Meal Scheme attempts to lower these rates. [354]