NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's population totaled 1.027 billion as of March 1, making it the second country in the world after China to cross the one-billion mark, the government said Monday.
According to the provisional results of a census carried out once every decade, the country added about 181 million people between 1991 and 2001.
But the rate of population growth slowed during the last decade by 2.52 percentage points to 21.34 percent over the previous decade, the government said in a statement.
The mammoth enumeration exercise, which began on Feb. 7, will serve as a guide for policy-makers worried about the country's population growth. It will also provide a useful snapshot of the country 10 years into economic liberalization.
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According to the provisional results of a census carried out once every decade, the country added about 181 million people between 1991 and 2001.
But the rate of population growth slowed during the last decade by 2.52 percentage points to 21.34 percent over the previous decade, the government said in a statement.
The mammoth enumeration exercise, which began on Feb. 7, will serve as a guide for policy-makers worried about the country's population growth. It will also provide a useful snapshot of the country 10 years into economic liberalization.
Want to learn more? http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=world&Repository=WORLD_REP&RepositoryStoryID=%2Fnews%2FIDS%2FWorld%2FINTERNATIONAL-INDIA-POPULATION-DC_TXT.XML
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"Falling even more in love with you...letting go of all I've held on to...I'm standing here until you make me move...I'm hanging by a moment here with you" - Lifehouse
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