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General Information - Population of India

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Population Growth Rate in India



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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