India has recently become the world’s most populous country, with 68 per cent of its population working age individuals between the ages of 15 and 64. This demographic structure — often referred to as ...

New Delhi — India is on track to become the world's most populous nation as its young population soars, and will surpass China by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations on ...

India’s demographic dividend began in the early 1980s and will end by 2040. In contrast, China’s dividend ended in the mid-2010s, but it took full advantage of its 9–10 percent annual growth rate for ...

India’s population has more than tripled in the six decades following Partition, from 361 million (36.1 crore) people in the 1951 census to more than 1.2 billion (120 crore) in 2011. As of 2020, India ...

On New Year’s Day in 2021, nearly 60,000 babies were born across India—the highest number of births given anywhere in the world that day, according to UNICEF. The record-breaking number also ...

Commuters walk on an overpass at a railway station in Mumbai, India, April 27, 2023 (photo for NurPhoto by Sankhadeep via AP). Last month, the United Nation’s Population Division projected that India ...

Independent India turns 78 today with an estimated 1.46 billion population compared to just 346 million in 1950. To be sure, it’s not just the number of Indians which has changed in the last almost ...

India will soon become the world’s most populous nation, ending the long-held title that China has had since the 1950s, when the United Nations started maintaining population records. By mid-2023, ...

India’s democracy and development rest on an unglamorous but decisive foundation: counting that brings power to society and ...