India Population: India has become the most populous country in the world. According to the latest reports of UNFPA, the total population of India has increased to 142.86 crores.
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India Population: Till now China was considered to be the country with the largest population in the whole world. According to the latest report of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the agency of the United Nations, India has now become the country with the largest population in the world. China is second and America is third.
Although the census has not been done in India after 2011. This program could not be held in 2021 due to the Corona epidemic. If everything goes well and Corona does not spread its foot again, then anytime after June this year, the Union Home Ministry can announce to start the census.
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According to UNFPA’s State of World Population Report 2023, now India’s population has increased to 142.86 crore and China’s population has increased to 142.57 crore. According to the report, the population of India has exceeded that of China by 29 lakhs. The agency estimates that India’s population may increase to 165 crores in the next 30 years.
Who are the 5 largest populated countries in the world?
- India – 142.86 crore
- China – 142.57 crores
- America – 34.43 crores
- Indonesia – 27.38 crores
- Pakistan – 23.14 crores
With the increase in population, many challenges have also arisen in front of India. Although India is developing rapidly. Therefore it should be expected that the country will be able to deal with its challenges. The young population of the country is in front as the capital of India, so after a few years, like China, the number of elderly people will increase very fast here.
- India’s population in the year 1951 was 36.10 crores.
- India’s population in the year 1961 was 43.89 crores.
- India’s population in the year 1971 was 54.79 crores.
- The population of India in the year 1981 was 68.51 crores.
- India’s population in the year 1991 was 83.85 crores.
- The population of India in the year 2001 was 1.028 billion.
- India’s population in the year 2011 was 1.21 billion.
In every census, Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the largest and Sikkim as the state with the smallest population.
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