India Population

India becomes world's most populous country, has 2.9 million more people than China

According to the UN world population dashboard, India has 1,428.6 million people, while China's population stood at 1,425.7 million

Has India already surpassed China as the most populous nation in the world?

Mathematical calculations from a range of surveys, as well as birth and death records, project that India will overtake China sometime in the middle of April. But demographers warn that it should be taken with a grain of salt since the numbers are fuzzy and could be revised

Firstpost Podcast | India to surpass China?

India is soon going to be ahead of China becoming the most populous country in the world. Let's understand the good, bad and ugly of this situation. Tune in

How declining fertility in India will be a great boon in the long run

The latest National Family Health Survey, released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare early this week, indicates Indians have stabilised their numbers on average, at just about replacement rate

NFHS Survey: Fertility rate dips to 2.0; more than half women, children anaemic in 14 states, UTs

The Centre has released the factsheets of key indicators on population, reproductive and child health, family welfare, nutrition and others for India as well as 14 states and UTs under phase two, of the 2019-21 NFHS-5

Overburdened ASHA workers, lack of access to contraceptives: How COVID-19 impacted family planning services across India

COVID-19 impact on family planning: In the wake of the pandemic, ASHA workers had to shoulder additional responsibilities, which prevented them from creating awareness about family planning and distributing contraceptive pills and condoms

World Population Day 2020: India set to overtake China by 2027, but its population problem has a silver lining

India’s total fertility rate fell from 5.9 children per woman in 1950 to 2.2 children per woman in 2020. This is very close to the replacement level fertility of 2.1 children per woman

On 73rd Independence Day, Narendra Modi advocates population control, says keeping one's family small is an act of patriotism

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed concern over "population explosion" in the country, saying it causes innumerable challenges for the coming generations and asserted that the central and state governments should launch measures to deal with the issue

World Population Day 2019: Origin, significance, why is it celebrated; all you need to know

World Population Day is observed annually on 11 July. The day was established by the governing council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989 to focus on the urgency and importance of population issues.

Lok Sabha Election 2019: Delimitation ensures roughly equal number of voters in each constituency; all you need to know

Most democracies around the world undergo a delimitation process by which electoral boundaries of constituencies are redrawn to ensure equal population across seats.