Saturday 24 May 2014

Indian Population

Population of India

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 reaching 1.6 billion by 2050. Its population growth rate is 1.41%, ranking 102nd in the world in 2010. Indian population reached the billion mark in 2000.

India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% 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.

India has more than two thousand ethnic groups, and every major religion is represented, as are four major families of languages (Indo-European, Dravidian, Austroasiatic and Tibeto-Burman languages) as well as two language isolates (the Nihali language 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.

S.No.
Census Year
Population 
% Change 
1
1951
361,088,000
-----
2
1961
439,235,000
21.6
3
1971
548,160,000
24.8
4
1981
683,329,000
24.7
5
1991
846,387,888
23.9
6
2001
1,028,737,436
21.5
7
2011
1,210,193,422
17.6


Salient Features

India occupies 2.8% of the world's land area and supports over 17.5% of the world's population. Per the 2001 census, 72.2% of the population lives in about 638,000 villages and the remaining 27.8% lives in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations.

India's population has exceeded that of the entire continent of Africa by 200 million people however, since Africa's population growth is nearly double that of India, it is expected to surpass both China and India by 2025.

Comparative Demographics

Category
Global Ranking
Area
7th
Population
2nd
Population growth rate
102nd of 212
Population density
(people per square kilometer of land area)
24th of 212
Male to Female ratio, at birth
12th of 214

List of States and Union territories by Demographics

Population distribution in India by states
Rank
Type
Population
Males
Females
Literacy
Rural [20]
Population
Urban [20]
Population
Area[21]
(km²)
Density
(/km²)
1
State
199,812,341
16.5
104,480,510
95,331,831
912
67.68
131,658,339
34,539,582
240,928
828
2
State
121,455,333
9.28
58,243,056
54,131,277
929
82.34
55,777,647
41,100,980
307,713
365
3
State
103,804,637
8.6
54,278,157
49,821,295
918
61.80
74,316,709
8,681,800
94,163
1,102
4
State
91,276,115
7.54
46,809,027
44,467,088
950
76.26
57,748,946
22,427,251
88,752
1,030
5
State
84,580,777
6.99
42,442,146
42,138,631
993
67.02
55,401,067
20,808,940
275,045
308
6
State
72,626,809
6.00
37,612,306
35,014,503
931
69.32
44,380,878
15,967,145
308,245
236
7
State
72,147,030
5.96
36,137,975
36,009,055
996
80.09
34,921,681
27,483,998
130,058
555
8
State
68,548,437
5.66
35,550,997
32,997,440
928
66.11
43,292,813
13,214,375
342,239
201
9
State
61,095,297
5.05
30,966,657
30,128,640
973
75.36
34,889,033
17,961,529
191,791
319
10
State
60,439,692
4.99
31,491,260
28,948,432
919
78.03
31,740,767
18,930,250
196,024
308
11
State
41,974,218
3.47
21,212,136
20,762,082
979
72.87
31,287,422
5,517,238
155,707
269
12
State
33,406,061
2.76
16,027,412
17,378,649
1084
94.00
23,574,449
8,266,925
38,863
859
13
State
32,988,134
2.72
16,930,315
16,057,819
948
66.41
20,952,088
5,993,741
79,714
414
14
State
31,205,576
2.58
15,939,443
15,266,133
958
72.19
23,216,288
3,439,240
78,438
397
15
State
27,743,338
2.29
14,639,465
13,103,873
895
75.84
16,096,488
8,262,511
50,362
550
16
State
25,545,198
2.11
12,832,895
12,712,303
991
70.28
16,648,056
4,185,747
135,191
189
17
State
25,351,462
2.09
13,494,734
11,856,728
879
75.55
15,029,260
6,115,304
44,212
573
18
UT
16,787,941
1.39
8,987,326
7,800,615
868
86.21
944,727
12,905,780
11,297
9,340
19
State
12,541,302
1.04
6,640,662
5,900,640
889
67.16
7,627,062
2,516,638
222,236
56
20
State
10,086,292
0.83
5,137,773
4,948,519
963
78.82
6,310,275
2,179,074
53,483
189
21
State
6,864,602
0.57
3,481,873
3,382,729
972
82.80
5,482,319
595,581
55,673
123
22
State
3,673,917
0.30
1,874,376
1,799,541
960
87.22
2,653,453
545,750
10,486
350
23
State
2,966,889
0.25
1,491,832
1,475,057
989
74.43
1,864,711
454,111
22,429
132
24
State
2,855,794
0.21
1,290,171
1,280,219
992
79.21
1,590,820
575,968
22,327
122
25
State
1,978,502
0.16
1,024,649
953,853
931
79.55
1,647,249
342,787
16,579
119
26
State
1,458,545
0.12
739,140
719,405
973
88.70
677,091
670,577
3,702
394
27
State
1,383,727
0.11
713,912
669,815
938
65.38
870,087
227,881
83,743
17
28
UT
1,247,953
0.10
612,511
635,442
1037
85.85
325,726
648,619
479
2,598
29
State
1,097,206
0.09
555,339
541,867
976
91.33
447,567
441,006
21,081
52
30
UT
1,055,450
0.09
580,663
474,787
818
86.05
92,120
808,515
114
9,252
31
State
610,577
0.05
323,070
287,507
890
81.42
480,981
59,870
7,096
86
32
UT
380,581
0.03
202,871
177,710
876
86.63
239,954
116,198
8,249
46
33
UT
343,709
0.03
193,760
149,949
774
76.24
170,027
50,463
491
698
34
UT
243,247
0.02
150,301
92,946
618
87.10
100,856
57,348
112
2,169
35
UT
64,473
0.01
33,123
31,350
946
91.85
33,683
26,967
32
2,013
TOTAL
28 + 7
1,210,193,422
100
623,724,248
586,469,174
940
74.04
833,087,662
377,105,760
3,287,240
382

Religious Demographics

Composition
Others
 % total of population 2001
80.5%
13.4%
2.3%
1.9%
0.8%
0.4%
0.6%
10-Yr Growth % (est '91–'01)
20.3%
29.5%
22.6%
18.2%
18.2%
26.0%
103.1%
No. of females/1000 males. (avg. = 944)
944
940
1009
895
955
940
1000
Literacy rate (71.7% for Age 7 and above)
75.5%
60.0%
90.3%
70.4%
73.0%
95.0%
50.0%
Work Participation Rate
40.4
31.3
39.7
37.7
40.6
32.9
48.4
Rural sex ratio
1000
953
1001
895
958
937
995
Urban sex ratio
922
907
1026
886
944
941
966
Child sex ratio (0–6 yrs)
925
950
964
786
942
870
976
Literacy rate in India


State/UT Code
India/State/UT
Literate Persons (%)
Males (%)
Females (%)
01
Jammu and Kashmir
86.61
87.26
85.23+-
02
Himachal Pradesh
83.78
90.83
76.60
03
Punjab
76.6
81.48
71.34
04
Chandigarh
86.43
90.54
81.38
05
Uttarakhand
79.63
88.33
70.70
06
Haryana
76.64
85.38
66.77
07
Delhi
86.34
91.03
80.93
08
Rajasthan
67.06
80.51
52.66
09
Uttar Pradesh
69.72
79.24
59.26
10
Bihar
63.82
73.39
53.33
11
Sikkim
82.20
87.29
76.43
12
Arunachal Pradesh
66.95
73.69
59.57
13
Nagaland
80.11
83.29
76.69
14
Manipur
79.85
86.49
73.17
15
Mizoram
91.58
93.72
89.40
16
Tripura
87.75
92.18
83.15
17
Meghalaya
75.48
77.17
73.78
18
Assam
73.18
78.81
67.27
19
West Bengal
77.08
82.67
71.16
20
Jharkhand
67.63
78.45
56.21
21
Odisha
72.9
82.40
64.36
22
Chhattisgarh
71.04
81.45
60.59
23
Madhya Pradesh
70.63
80.53
60.02
24
Gujarat
79.31
87.23
70.73
25
Daman and Diu
87.07
91.48
79.59
26
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
77.65
86.46
65.93
27
Maharashtra
83.2
89.82
75.48
28
Andhra Pradesh
67.66
75.56
59.74
29
Karnataka
75.60
82.85
68.13
30
Goa
87.40
92.81
81.84
31
Lakshadweep
92.28
96.11
88.25
32
Kerala
93.91
96.02
91.98
33
Tamil Nadu
80.33
86.81
73.86
34
Puducherry
86.55
92.12
81.22
35
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
86.27
90.11
81.84
INDIA
74.03
82.14
65.46

Population Projections

India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030. India's population growth has raised concerns that it would lead to widespread unemployment and political instability. Note that these projections make assumptions about future fertility and death rates which may not turn out to be correct in the event.

2020: 1,326,093,000
2030: 1,460,743,000
2040: 1,571,715,000
2050: 1,656,554,000