India is currently home to about 1.15 billion people which represents about 17% of the earth’s population. India gained independence from the England in 1947, and the country’s population was about 350 million. Since 1947, the population of India has more than tripled.
In 1950, India’s total fertility was approximately 6 children per one woman. Since 1950 India there has been attempts to control population growth. In 1983, the goal of the country’s National Health policy to replace the value of fertility rate of 2.1 by the year 2000. This did not occur.
In 2000, the country established a new national population policy to reduce the growth of the country’s population. One of the primary goals of the policy was to reduce the total fertility rate to 2.1 by 2010; one of the steps along the path towards the goal in 2010 was a total fertility rate by 2.6 by 2002.
As the total fertility rate in India remained high and has become 2.8, that goal was not achieved. So it’s unlikely that the total fertility rate will be 2.1 by 2010. India population will continue to grow.
http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/indiapopulation.htm
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