Growth rate expected to exceed
China's by 2010
Crude
Birth Rate
27.00 per 1,000 annually |
Crude
Death Rate
9.00 per 1,000 annually |
Infant
Mortality Rate*
72 per 1,000 |
Life
expectancy
62 years |
Rate
of natural increase
1.80 |
Total
Fertility Rate**
3.30 |
*
Seventy-two out of every 1,000 babies born die before their first
birthday. Seven per cent of newborn infants perish within a year of
birth, because of low birth weight, pre-maturity, malnutrition,
diarrhoeal diseases, acute respiratory infections and malnutrition.
** average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
Note:
- Only nine states or union
territories in the country have a TFR less than or equal to the
desired 2.1: Eleven have a total fertility rate of more than 2.1 but
less than 3.0. At least 12 have a total fertility rate of 3.0 or
over.
- Eighteen per cent of births are to
teenage women aged between 15 and 19.
- Forty-nine per cent of women give
birth for the first time by age 20.
- The average age at first marriage
(or informal union) is 20.
- Forty-three per cent of married
women are using modern methods of contraception.
Decadal growth rate (adjusted) by
religious communities
| Religious
Communities |
1961-71 |
1971-81 |
1981-91 |
1991-2001 |
| All |
24.8 |
24.8 |
23.8 |
21.5 |
| Hindus |
23.4 |
24.2 |
22.8 |
20 |
| Muslims |
31.2 |
30.8 |
32.9 |
29.3 |
| Christians |
36 |
19.2 |
17 |
22.1 |
| Buddhists |
17 |
25.4 |
36 |
23.2 |
| Jains |
28.5 |
23.7 |
4 |
26 |
| Others |
97.7 |
26.6 |
13.2 |
111.3 |
Source: Census of
India 2001
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