Aakar Patel | No. 1 in population, but future is bleak: Demographic dividend lacking

Not only have we not added new jobs, we have lost some of those we had.

Indranil Banerjee | World’s ‘youngest’ nation at an exciting crossroads

The great Indian census conducted every ten years since 1881 appears to have been shelved for all practical purposes.

Managing population through heavy-handed top-down curbs on fertility is an inhuman and ineffective policy

The greying of the population is another burden that Indian society would have to bear as life expectancy stands at a healthy 72+

The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under one per cent in 2020

Uttar Pradesh is larger in terms of population than Brazil, Japan or Bangladesh

The report pointed out that the average national income of the Indian adult population is Rs 204,200

India is expected to add nearly 273 million people to its population between now and 2050

In 2006, National Sample Survey Office said OBCs comprise 41% of India’s population.

By 2040, the proportion of the population below 34.5 years will fall to 50 per cent from 65 per cent today.