Indian Census Confirms One Billion Population Figure

It’s official — the population of India is now in excess of one billion people, second only to China as the most populous nation on Earth.

India recently conducted a nationwide census involving two million census workers who collected data from more than 5,000 towns and cities along with 600,000 villages.

According to preliminary census figures, India’s population grew by 180 million people in the last 10 years, though the rate of its population growth apparently declined in recent years.

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Census confirms one billion Indians. The BBC, March 26, 2001.

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