India is the second country after China to cross the one billion mark in population. The population of India makes India the second most populated country in the world. India's population currently is 1,147,995,904 (source: www.worldstatesman.org ).
Between 1991 - 2001 India's population rose by 21.34%. India only occupies 2.4% of the world's total land area but India supports over 15% of the world's total population. Around 40% of Indians are young children under the age of 15. There are more than 550,000 villages where about 70% of the population lives and the rest 30% of the Indian population lives in 200 towns and cities. Every year India adds almost the total population of Australia. Studies show that India has more population than the whole of Africa and also more than North America and South America put together.
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