Population Growth Rate Since Independence In India


 
 
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Population Growth Rate Since Independence In India

Population Growth Rate since Independence: India’s annual growth rate of population increased steadily till 1981. Since then, then the annual rate of population growth started declining.

  • Still the population growth of India in 1990s was 182 million (in terms of number). This addition of people was larger than ever before. Inspite of decreasing annual growth rate (in per cent), the largest addition in people (in. terms of number) is due to the large population the country.
  • A low growth rate results a large absolute increase due to very high population. However, the declining growth rate is a positive indicator for the efforts of birth control but the total additions to the population continue to grow.
  • If this rate of increase continues, then India will surpass China by 2045 to become the most populous country in the world.
  • Trend of Population Growth Due to Birth Rate and Death Rate: high birth rates and declining death rates were the phenomena till 1980, which resulted into high population growth. After that due to government efforts and increased awareness, the birth rate also started to decline, resulting in gradual decline in the population growth rate.

     
     
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