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Indias Population to Stabilise by 2080 Due to Dip in Fertility Rate: IASP

India's Population to Stabilise by 2080 Due to Dip in Fertility Rate:...

India is undergoing a rapid demographic transition, with the birth rate dropping sharply over the past two decades

30 Nov 2025 10:01 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Do Lower Fertility, Poverty Rates Improve Well-being?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Do Lower Fertility, Poverty Rates Improve...

Together with reaching sustainable fertility rates, India has also reduced poverty

19 Jun 2025 8:37 PM IST

India to Lead Global Growth in Ultra-Rich Population by 2028: Report

India to Lead Global Growth in Ultra-Rich Population by 2028: Report

Luxury market in India set to grow 15–20% in 2025 amid demographic shifts and expanding high-end retail footprint

1 Jun 2025 1:05 PM IST

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

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

New India is again the world’s most populous nation. Old India was also the most populous place in the world till...

25 April 2023 1:00 AM IST

Indranil Banerjee | Worlds youngest nation at an exciting crossroads

Indranil Banerjee | World's youngest' nation at an exciting crossroads

It took a United Nations agency to inform us and the world at large that India would become the most populous country in...

24 April 2023 12:47 AM IST

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or blessing?

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | Is growth in population a ticking bomb or...

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

21 July 2022 12:50 AM IST

From 1.21 billion in 2011, according to the last census, the Indian population is projected to grow to 1.66 billion by 2050.

DC Edit | India must plan better to cope with population rise

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

13 July 2022 7:28 AM IST

Locals at a crowded wholesale market on Avenue Road on World Population Day, in Bengaluru, Monday, July 11, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shailendra Bhojak)

By 2023, India number 1 in population, overtaking China

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

11 July 2022 11:19 AM IST

A huge crowd gathers at Ramnagar fish market on Sunday, with little regard for social distancing or other COVID-19 norms. (S. Surender Reddy/DC)

Mohan Guruswamy | Small states are a must for better governance

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

22 March 2022 12:45 AM IST