New Population Projections for India

India’s population is expected to grow by 25%, with reference to 2011, to 1.52 billion by 2036, according to the final report of the Technical Group on Population Projections dated July 2020.

  • The group was constituted by the National Commission on Population (NCP) under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with the mandate to provide population projections for the period 2011 to 2036.

Key Findings of the Report

  • India’s population was 1.21 billion as per the Census of 2011 and the projections now estimate that the population will grow by 311 million by 2036.
  • As much as 70% of this increase ....
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