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Saturday, July 11, 2015

India's Population on the '' World Population Day'' Saturday July 11,2015

On World Population Day, Indians numbered 1,274,234,538 at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, constituting an estimated 17.23 % of the overall global inhabitation of humans, as per data available with an independent socio-economic statistical organisation

India has been forecast to overtake China as the most populous country by 2028, as per official estimates. But the government also says that population growth rate of the country has declined significantly from 21.54 percent for the decade of 1991-2000 to 17.64 percent during 2001-11.

This apart, out of 36 states and Union territories, 24 have reached population stabilisation

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