2006-10-21 02:39:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
India Becomes a Billionaire
World's Largest Democracy to Reach One Billion Persons on Independence Day
According to the official United Nations population estimates and projections (United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision), India's population will reach the 1 billion mark on August 15 this year, coinciding with its Independence Day. China's population passed the 1 billion mark 19 years earlier, on July 31, 1980.
China remains the most populous country in the world, with a total population size of 1.27 billion in mid-1999, followed by India. The country with the third largest population is the United States, with 276 million people.
It is projected that India will have a larger population than China by the year 2045, when United Nations projections indicate a total population of India of 1.501 billion and of China of 1.496 billion.
India, with an annual population growth rate of 1.65 per cent, is the largest contributor to world population growth, accounting for 21 per cent of the 78 million annual increment to the world. China contribes about 15 per cent to annual world population growth.
By 2016, the population of India (1.22 billion) is expected to be larger than the population of all the more developed countries combined (that is, all the countries of Europe (including Russia), Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and the United States).
China and India will most likely remain the only members of the 1 billion-population club. According to the United Nations projections, no other country will reach a population size of 1 billion persons.
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Source: United Nations Population Division
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2006-10-21 03:42:16 · answer #1 · answered by RAMAN IOBIAN 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
According to the 2001 Census, India's population is 1, 027, 015, 247. India is said to have crossed the billion mark in the year 1997.
2006-10-21 11:27:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Population of India is 1,20,00,00,000 and is increasing. In fact, Western region of India has a decrease in population and Northen India has increase in population, but people from these northen states, especially, Bihar and UP which are poor and illiterate, migrate to Maharashtra and Gujarat, thus increase in population of these states too. 80 percent of Indian economy is dependent on these two states, which if seperated from India, India will become another broken Russia.
2006-10-24 05:06:38 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate of the Bassein Creek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows for sure. It is a country of millions of poor homeless people . citizens have no identity. a vast majority live in slums, foot paths and jhuggies. many live under various foot over bridges. The census fellow never visits these places.
as with all statistics of India what ever figure given by government agencies is Bogus. So how do you know what is and what is the increase?
2006-10-22 23:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by Brahmanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
India's population is approximately 800 million. You could have found that answer yourself if you'd done a web search instead of asking here.
2006-10-21 09:47:11 · answer #5 · answered by taskr36 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read the link below
2006-10-21 09:43:06 · answer #6 · answered by noobienoob2000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
over one billion, increase depends on us. !!!
2006-10-21 12:34:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
less then china. 5 %
2006-10-21 09:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by SG 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.medindia.net/patients/calculators/pop_clock.asp
http://www.censusindia.net/
2006-10-23 13:56:21 · answer #9 · answered by ritu raj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋