Population

World Population
The world population is the totality of all living humans on the planet Earth. As of today, it is estimated to number 6.992 billion by the United states central Bureau . According to a separate estimate by the United Nations , it has already exceeded 7 billion. The world population has experienced continuous growth since the end of the Great Famine and Black Death in 1350, when it stood at around 370 million.[The highest rates of growth global increases above 1.8% per year were seen briefly during the 1950s, and for a longer period during the 1960s and 1970s. Current projections show a continued increase in population (but a steady decline in the population growth rate), with the global population expected to reach between 7.5 and 10.5 billion by 2050.

In 2000-2010 Decade

Population statistics for all six permanently inhabited continents and the ten mostpopulated countries.

The last 50 years have seen a yet more rapid increase in the rate of population growth due to medical advances and substantial increases in agricultural productivity, particularly beginning in the 1960s,made by the Green Revolution.
In the future, world population has been expected to reach a peak of growth, from there it will decline due to economic reasons, health concerns, land exhaustion and environmental hazards. According to one report, it is very likely that the world's population will stop growing before the end of the 21st century.
World population (millions) # Top ten most populous countries 1 China 2 India 3 US 4 Indonesia 5 Brazil 6 Pakistan 7 Bangladesh 8 Nigeria 9 Russia 10 Japan World total Top ten most populous (%) 1990 1,141 849 250 178 150 108 116 94 148 124 5,265 60.0 % 2008 1,333 1,140 304 228 192 166 160 151 142 128 6,688 58.9 %
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2025* 1,458 1,398 352 273 223 226 198 208 137 126 8,004 57.5 %

Population of India - With latest Population Census of India in 2011, the total number of people living in India has been estimated at 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion). The figures provided by Population Census of India shows that the country represents 17.31% of the world population. Growing by the current and population growth, India will cross China Population by 2030. By that time, India's population is estimated to be 1.53 billion. Population of states in India like Uttar Pradesh is more than many countries in the world. So India has witness a major growth in its population in the last 10 years. However Government of India had a little success in controlling this huge growth of population and going by estimated figures, the population of India will be stable by 2060.

Indian Population

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Sex Ratio of India in 2011
The sex ratio in India is decent and improving year by year. In the last 10 years, it has improved a lot in many states and rural areas. However a long way to go for the states likes Haryana and Punjab where is quiet low. The sex ratio of India in the year 2011 is 940 females/1000 males.

Literacy Rate in India 2011

The Literacy Rate in India is showing major signs of improvement in the last 20 years. According to Census of India 2011, India Literacy rate stands at 74.04. Kerala is top state of India with over 90 percent of its population are literates.

Control
Human population control is the practice of artificially altering the rate of growth of a human population. Historically, human population control has been implemented by limiting the population's birth rate, usually by government mandate, and has been undertaken as a response to factors including high or increasing levels of poverty, environmental concerns, religious reasons, and overpopulation. While population control can involve measures that improve people's lives by giving them greater control of their reproduction, some programs have exposed them to exploitation. Worldwide, the population control movement was active throughout the 1960s and 1970s, driving many reproductive health and family planning programs. In the 1980s, tension grew between population control advocates and women's health activists who advanced women'sreproductive rights as part of a human rights -based approach. Growing opposition to the narrow population control focus led to a significant change in population control policies in the early 1990s.