Demographics of India

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Demographics of India

Population of India, 1961-2003

Population: Growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Life expectancy: male: female: Fertility rate: Infant mortality rate:

1,210,193,422 (2011 est.) (2nd) 1.41% (2009 est.) (93rd) 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2009 est.) 69.89 years (2009 est.) 67.46 years (2009 est.) 72.61 years (2009 est.) 2.68 children born/woman (2010 est.) (82nd) 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) Age structure: 31.1% (male 190,075,426/female 172,799,553) (2009 est.) 63.6% (male 381,446,079/female 359,802,209) (2009 est.) 5.3% (male 29,364,920/female 32,591,030) (2009 est.) Sex ratio: 1.12 male(s)/female (2009 est.) 1.10 male(s)/female (2009 est.) 1.06 male(s)/female (2009 est.) 0.90 male(s)/female (2009 est.) Nationality: See Ethnic Groups of India Language: See Languages of India

0-14 years: 15-64 years: 65-over:

At birth: Under 15: 15-64 years: 65-over: Major ethnic: Official:

The demographics of India are inclusive of the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.21 billion people (2011 census), more than a sixth of the world's population. Already containing 17.5% of the world's population, India is projected to be the world's most populous country by 2025, surpassing China, its population exceeding 1.6 billion people by 2050.[1][2] Its population growth rate is 1.41%, ranking 93rd in the world. India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% hovers below the age of 35. It is expected that, in 2020, the average age of an Indian will be 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan; and, by 2030, India's dependency ratio should be just over 0.4.[3] India has more than two thousand ethnic groups, and every major religion is represented, as are four major families of languages (Indo-European, Dravidian, Austro-Asiatic and Tibeto-Burman languages) as well as two language isolates (the Nihali language[4] spoken in parts of Maharashtra and the Burushaski language spoken in parts of Jammu and Kashmir). Further complexity is lent by the great variation that occurs across this population on social parameters such as income and education. Only the continent of Africa exceeds the linguistic, genetic and cultural diversity of the nation of India.[5]

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1 Salient features o 1.1 List of States and Union territories by demographics o 1.2 Religious demographics o 1.3 Linguistic demographics o 1.4 Largest cities 2 CIA World Factbook demographic statistics 3 Population projections o 3.1 2020 Estimate 4 Ethnic groups 5 Genetics o 5.1 Y-chromosome DNA o 5.2 Mitochondrial DNA 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links

[edit] Salient features

India occupies 2.4% of the world's land area and supports over 17.5% of the world's population. India has more arable land area than any country except the United States,[6] and more water area than any country except Canada and the United States. Indian life revolves mostly around agriculture and allied activities in small villages, where the overwhelming majority of Indians live. As per the 2001 census, 72.2% of the population[7] lives in about 638,000 villages[8] and the remaining 27.8%[9] lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.[10]

[edit] List of States and Union territories by demographics

[hide]Historical population of India
Census 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 Pop. 361,088,000 439,235,000 548,160,000 683,329,000 846,421,000 1,028,737,000 1,210,193,422 % 21.6% 24.8% 24.7% 23.9% 21.5% 17.6%

Source:Census of India[11]