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Demographic Data Population Growth: The UN World Population Prospects (WPP), 2022, forecasts India becoming the most populous country by 2023, surpassing China, with a 140 crore population. India currently has 17.5% of the world’s population.
This is four times the population India had at the time of Independence in 1947 (34 crore).
India is projected to reach 150 crore by 2030 and 166 crore by 2050.
Decline in India’s TFR: In 2021, India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) slipped below the replacement level fertility (which is 2.1 children per woman) to two. Post-Independence, in the 1950s, India had a TFR of six.
Improvement in Mortality Indicators: Life expectancy at birth saw a remarkable recovery graph from 32 years in 1947 to 70 years in 2019.
The infant mortality rate declined from 133 in 1951 to 27 in 2020
The under-five mortality rate fell from 250 to 41, and the maternal mortality ratio dropped from 2,000 in the 1940s to 103 in 2019.
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