Population Growth Rate
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Explained: China’s new contraceptive tax and the limits of pro-birth policies
World | Jan 02, 2026, 02:49 PM ISTDespite a series of incentives aimed at encouraging couples to have more children, China’s population has continued to fall.
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'Don't burden Indian women': Owaisi tells RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on 'three children' theory
India | Aug 29, 2025, 11:45 PM ISTAsaduddin Owaisi also claimed that the Muslim population growth rate is decreasing as per the census of 2011 and stood at 14.23 per cent compared to nearly 80 per cent of Hindus.
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Mohan Bhagwat flags population growth rate, says 'every couple should produce at least 3 kids'
Maharashtra | Dec 02, 2024, 08:44 AM ISTSpeaking at an event in Nagpur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said demographic studies suggest that when a society’s total fertility rate falls below 2.1, it risks facing extinction.
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Japan's population declines for 15th consecutive year, birth rates hit a record low
World | Jul 25, 2024, 10:09 AM ISTJapan's population peaked at 127 million in 2009 and has been declining ever since, with low birth rates and high mortality rates. Surveys show young Japanese are reluctant to marry and have children due to bleak job prospects and high cost-of-living.
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India’s population estimated at 144 crore, overtakes China: UNFPA report
India | Apr 17, 2024, 03:59 PM ISTThe report also detailed that an estimated 24 per cent of India’s population is aged 0-14 while 17 per cent is within the 10-19 age range. The segment aged 10-24 is estimated to constitute 26 per cent, with the 15-64 age group making up 68 per cent.
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Additional 6.4 crore homes required by 2036 due to population growth: Report
Business | Jan 09, 2024, 05:03 PM ISTHousing demand remained robust, with over 19,050 RERA registrations observed nationwide, primarily dominated by 45 per cent of projects falling within the residential segment, said the report.
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'India will remain lower middle economy by 2047 if...': Raghuram Rajan on country's growth
Business | Dec 16, 2023, 11:15 PM ISTSpeaking at a programme organised by Manthan in Hyderabad, Rajan said that if the nation does not expand quicker, it will age demographically before it becomes richer, meaning that there is the burden of an ageing population to deal with at that point.
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'India has no dearth of capability, it has biggest talent factory': PM Modi's savage reply to China
World | May 23, 2023, 04:52 PM ISTEarlier last month, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin contended that it was important to look at "quality" as well as "size" while assessing a country's demographic dividend.
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United States population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year
World | Dec 22, 2021, 08:27 AM ISTThe US has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend.
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UP Law Commission framing draft bill to check population growth
India | Jun 21, 2021, 08:24 AM ISTUttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country with a population of around 22 crores.
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With births down, U.S. had slowest growth rate in a century
World | Dec 31, 2019, 08:03 AM ISTThe U.S. grew from 2018 to 2019 by almost a half percent, or about 1.5 million people, with the population standing at 328 million this year, according to population estimates.
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Opinion | Rajat Sharma on why Swami Ramdev's ideas to curb population growth should be appreciated
India | Jan 25, 2019, 11:21 PM ISTIt is the duty of all Indians to ensure that population growth stays strictly within limits, so that the fruits of growth can be shared equitably by all.
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Maharashtra sees highest reduction in population growth rate
India | Jun 04, 2014, 06:07 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra's decadal population growth rate reduced by 6.74 per cent during 2001-11, as against 3.8 per cent points at the national level, the State Economic Survey for 2013-14, tabled in the state legislature, said