Journalism of Courage
India’s population has grown by 1.56% in the past year and is estimated to be 1,428,600,000 million (142.86 crore), according to the latest edition of the UNFPA’s State of World Population (SOWP) report. (PTI Photo)
More than two-thirds of its population or 68% comprises people between the ages of 15 and 64, considered the working population of a country. (PTI Photo)
The report showed that China is just behind India with a population of 1,425.7 million or 142.57 crore. (PTI Photo)
The latest report also shows that India’s total fertility rate (births per woman in the reproductive age) is estimated at 2.0 (PTI Photo)
The average life expectancy for an Indian male stands at 71 and for females at 74. (PTI photo)
The report took a representative sample of India with 1,007 people and carried out the experiment online. (PTI Photo)
