It, as per Population Census of India, has million people and the growth rate is The population of the second most populous state Maharashtra, which has a growth rate of 9. Bihar, with 8. West Bengal with 7. The sex ratio of India stands at Kerala with females per males is the state with the highest female sex ratio.
Pondicherry is second, while Chhatisgarh and Tamil Nadu are at third and fourth places respectively. Haryana with has the lowest female sex ratio.
Some of the reasons for India's rapidly growing population are poverty, illiteracy, high fertility rate, rapid decline in death rates or mortality rates and immigration from Bangladesh and Nepal.
Alarmed by its swelling population, India started taking measures to stem the growth rate quite early. In fact India by launching the National Family Planning program in became the first country in the world to have a population policy.
The family planning program yielded some noticeable results, bringing down significantly the country's fertility rate. In , the contraceptive usage more than tripled and the fertility rate more than halved. There are 53 cities in India with a population of at least 1 million. There are 29 states in India. Their populations range massively in size — the largest, Uttar Pradesh , holds almost million people, the smallest, Sikkim, just over half a million.
India's largest state is Uttar Pradesh which, with a population of ,, in , is larger than most countries in the world. If it were a country in its own right, it would be the fifth largest in the world, falling just behind China, India, the United States and Indonesia.
Two other Indian states are home to more than million people - Maharashtra pop: The smallest state in India is Sikkim pop: , India is the world's 7th largest country by area with more than 1. Other major religious groups in India are Christians 2. People who claimed no religion are officially recorded under 'other' by the census. In , 0. The literacy rate varies wildly by state.
Bihar is the least literate with a rate of The population of India uses numerous languages to converse across the county. These languages include English, Hindi, and Tamil along with many additional tongues and dialects; however, the former two languages English and Hindi are the official languages of the Indian Government.
The current ranking of India's quality of life is 49 out of 66, giving it a quality of life index of The health care ratio is The first comprehensive nationwide census was carried out under the auspices of Lord Ripon, the British Viceroy of India at the time, and counted a population of million in Since then, a census has been held every ten years in India.
India Population Live 1,,, India Population Growth The census was the second largest the world has ever seen - second only to China's census the previous year. India Population Projections India's population continues to grow fairly steadily as the years progress.
Population Rank. The current population of India is 1,,, based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, population at 1,,, This feature is limited to our corporate solutions. Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data. Skip to main content Try our corporate solution for free!
Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. The statistic shows the population density in India from to In , the population density in India amounted to about The steady increase of population density is partly due to the increasing total population of India, which can be seen here. Loading statistic Show source. Download for free You need to log in to download this statistic Register for free Already a member? Log in. Show detailed source information? Register for free Already a member?
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