India will soon become the world’s most populous nation, ending the long-held title that China has had since the 1950s, when the United Nations started maintaining population records. By mid-2023, ...

As India prepares to conduct the mammoth 2027 Census, it is worth noting that the country successfully undertook this massive exercise even under the British Raj. Despite the absence of digital tools ...

India issued Census 2027 Phase I questionnaire, launching houselisting from April, covering housing conditions, amenities, ...

Independent India turns 78 today with an estimated 1.46 billion population compared to just 346 million in 1950. To be sure, it’s not just the number of Indians which has changed in the last almost ...

Once defined by its growing population, India now faces a quieter but deeper demographic shift. According to the Sample Registration System (SRS) 2023, the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of the country ...

For too long, India’s policy makers took comfort in the fact that the country’s large population of the youth gave it a distinct demographic advantage. Time has now come to shrug off this sense of ...

Hyderabad: NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery said that at its peak, approximately 74 out of every 100 people in China were of working age, while in India, around 69 out of every 100 are expected to ...