Official 2011 Census-based projections of India's total population, age structure, dependency ratios, median age and urban share, as on 1 March of each year · IHMR

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Official 2011 Census-based projections of India's total population, age structure, dependency ratios, median age and urban share, as on 1 March of each year

Provenance

Publisher: Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections, National Commission on Population, MoHFW (July 2020)
Source: Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections, National Commission on Population, MoHFW (July 2020)
Data covers: 2011-2036 (projections; 2011 is the census count)
Retrieved: 2026-09-04
Licence: see source
Redistributable: unknown
Verified by: IHMR Labs

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The data

year	total_population_thousands	share_0_14_pct	share_15_59_pct	share_60plus_pct	population_60plus_thousands	median_age_years	total_dependency_per_1000	old_age_dependency_per_1000	young_dependency_per_1000	urban_share_pct
2011	1210855	30.9	60.7	8.4	101550	24.9	646	138	508	31.14
2016	1290235	27.9	62.9	9.2	118421	26.6	590	146	444	32.84
2021	1361343	25.5	64.4	10.1

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