Current Population of India in 2011 Total Male Population in India Total Female Population in India Sex Ratio Age

structure 0 to 25 years

1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion) 623,700,000 (623.7 million) 586,500,000 (586.5 million) 940 females per 1,000 males

50% of India's current population

Currently, there are about 51 births in India in a minute. India's Population in 2001 Population of India in 1947 1.02 billion 350 million

urrent Population of India - India, with 1,210,193,422 (1.21 billion) people is the second most populous country in the world, while China is on the top with over 1,350,044,605 (1.35 billion) people. The figures show that India represents almost 17.31% of the world's population, which means one out of six people on this planet live in India. Although, the crown of the world's most populous country is on China's head for decades, India is all set to take the numero uno position by 2030. With the population growth rate at 1.58%, India is predicted to have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030. More than 50% of India's current population is below the age of 25 and over 65% below the age of 35. About 72.2% of the population lives in some 638,000 villages and the rest 27.8% in about 5,480 towns and urban agglomerations. The birth rate (child births per 1,000 people per year) is 22.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) while death rate (deaths per 1000 individuals per year) is 6.4 deaths/1,000 population. Fertility rate is 2.72 children born/woman (NFHS-3, 2008) and Infant mortality rate is 30.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 estimated). India has the largest illiterate population in the world. The literacy rate of India as per 2001 Population Census is 65.38%, with male literacy rate at 75.96% and female at 54.28%. Kerala has the highest literacy rate at 90.86%, Mizoram (88.80%) is on the second position and Lakshadweep (86.66%) is on third. Every year, India adds more people than any other nation in the world, and in fact the individual population of some of its states is equal to the total population of many countries. For example, Population of Uttar Pradesh (state in India) almost equals to the

population of Brazil. It, as per 2001 Population Census of India, has 190 million people and the growth rate is 16.16%. The population of the second most populous state Maharashtra, which has a growth rate of 9.42%, is equal to that of Mexico's population. Bihar, with 8.07%, is the third most populous state in India and its population is more than Germany's. West Bengal with 7.79% growth rate, Andhra Pradesh (7.41%) and Tamil Nadu (6.07%) are at fourth, fifth and sixth positions respectively. The sex ratio of India stands at 933. Kerala with 1058 females per 1000 males is the state with the highest female sex ratio. Pondicherry (1001) is second, while Chhatisgarh (990) and Tamil Nadu (986) are at third and fourth places respectively. Haryana with 861 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 programme in 1952 became the first country in the world to have a population policy. The family planning programme yielded some noticeable results, bringing down significantly the country's fertility rate. In 1965-2009, the contraceptive usage more than tripled and the fertility rate more than halved. The efforts did produce positive results, however, failed to achieve the ultimate goal and the population of India since getting independence from Britain in 1947 increased almost three times. Whereas India has missed almost all its targets to bring the rate of population growth under control, China's 'One Child Policy' in 1978, has brought tremendous results for the latter. The policy claims to have prevented between 250 and 300 million births from 1978 to 2000 and 400 million births from 1979 to 2010.

Current Population of India 2011

Rank State or union territory 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Bihar West Bengal Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Rajasthan Karnataka Gujarat Odisha Kerala Population (2011 Census) 199,581,477 112,372,972 103,804,637 91,347,736 84,665,533 72,597,565 72,138,958 68,621,012 61,130,704 60,383,628 41,947,358 33,387,677 Density (per km) 828 365 1102 1029 308 236 555 201 319 308 269 859 Sex ratio 908 946 916 947 992 930 995 926 968 918 978 1,084

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Jharkhand Assam Punjab Haryana Chhattisgarh Jammu and Kashmir Uttarakhand Himachal Pradesh Tripura Meghalaya Manipur Nagaland Goa Arunachal Pradesh Mizoram Sikkim

32,966,238 31,169,272 27,704,236 25,353,081 25,540,196 12,548,926 10,116,752 6,856,509 3,671,032 2,964,007 2,721,756 1,980,602 1,457,723 1,382,611 1,091,014 607,688 16,753,235 1,244,464 1,054,686 379,944 342,853 242,911 64,429 1,210,193,422

414 397 550 573 189 56 189 123 350 132 122 119 394 17 52 86 9,340 2,598 9,252 46 698 2,169 2,013 382

947 954 893 877 991 883 963 974 961 986 987 931 968 920 975 889 866 1,038 818 878 775 618 946 940

UT1 Delhi UT2 Puducherry UT3 Chandigarh UT4 Andaman and Nicobar Islands

UT5 Dadra and Nagar Haveli UT6 Daman and Diu UT7 Lakshadweep Total India