886 Words Free Sample Essay on India’s Population Problem
India is the seventh largest country in the world. It covers an area of 32, 87,263 sq. km. Though India has only 2.4 per cent of the world’s land, it has to support 16.7 per cent of the world’s population. India is thus an overpopulated country. Its population is growing at an alarming rate. According to the 2001 census, India’s total population was 102.8 crore as compared to 84.39 crore in 1991, showing an increase of 21.54 per cent. The percentage increase of India’s population was only 13.31 per cent in 1941-51,21.64 per cent in 1951-61,24.80 per cent in 1961 -71,24.66 per cent in 1971 -81 and 23.87 per cent in 1981 -91,21.54 per cent in 1991-2001.India is predicted to overtake China as the most populous nation in the world…