Demographic Growth in India

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International Ataturk alatoo University | Research paper | Demographic Growth in India (1993-2011) | | Sardora Abdullaeva, Jyldyzbek Shairbekov, Meder Murzakanov, Azat Beisheyev, Meerimgul Rysbek kyzy | 21.12.2012 | | Demographic growth - increase in the size of a population under the effect of there being more births than deaths and more migrants entering than leaving. The size of a population increases when there are more births than deaths (natural balance) and more migrants arriving than departing (migratory balance). At the scale of the population of the world, all that counts is the natural balance. It is positive in 2005: two more people born every second — four births minus two deaths — which gives demographic growth of 1.2% per year. Population growth in India during the twentieth century can be chartered and classified into four distinct phases as follows: * 1901 - 1921: Stagnant population * 1921 - 1951: Steady growth * 1951 - 1981: Rapid high growth * 1981 - 2001: High growth with definite slowing down In absolute terms, the population of India increased by a whopping 180.6 million during the decade 1991 - 2001. Although the net addition in population during each decade has increased consistently, the change in net addition has shown a steady declining trend over the decades starting from 1961. While 27.9 million more people were added between the decade 1981 - 1991 than between 1971 - 1981, this number decline to 17.6 million for the decades between 1981 - 1991 and 1991 - 2001. This implies that although India continues to grow in size, its pace of net addition is on the decrease. The theory of demographic growth, in general designed by Frank Noutstayn in 1945 Theory associates particular demographic situation in relation to the economic growth and social progress according to the four stages of the demographic transition by
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