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India's population has jumped to 1.21 billion, showing an increase by more than 181 million during the 2001-2011 decade, according to the provisional data of Census 2011. The figures show that India represents almost 17.31% of the world's population, which means one out of six people on this planet live in India. Comments pl.
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07 Apr '11 08:52 am
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Although, the crown of the world's most populous country is on China's head for decades, India is all set to take the numero uno position by 2030. With the population growth rate at 1.58 %, India is predicted to have more than 1.53 billion people by the end of 2030. Population explosion in simple terms can be stated as the 'uncontrollable human population'. Is population explosion a boon or a curse? For the European developed countries like Spain and Italy, where the population is decreasing, this might be considered as a boon. However, for the developing countries like India, population explosion is a curse and is damaging to the development of the country and its society. Every year, India adds more people than any other nation in the world, and in fact the individual population of some of its states is equal to the total population of many countries. For example, Population of Uttar Pradesh almost equals to the population of Brazil. India is facing the problem of over population sin
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Answered by sumati gayki, 07 Apr '11 08:57 am
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