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India is the most populated country in the world with nearly a fifth of the world's population. According to the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects[1][2] the population stood at 1,407,563,842.
India has more than 50% of its population below the age of 25 and more than 65% below the age of 35. In 2020, the average age of an Indian is 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan. By 2030, India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4.[3] However, the number of children in India peaked more than a decade ago and is now falling. The number of children under the age of five peaked in 2007 and the number of Indians under 15 years old peaked in 2011.[4]
There are significant issues affecting young people around education in India. Other persistent problems include child labour in India, malnutrition in India, street children in India and child marriage in India, child trafficking in India.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022". United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ "World Population Prospects 2022: Demographic indicators by region, subregion and country, annually for 1950-2100" (XSLX) ("Total Population, as of 1 July (thousands)"). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- ^ Basu, Kaushik (25 July 2007). "India's demographic dividend". BBC News. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
- ^ "India's population growth will come to an end: the number of children has already peaked". Our World in Data. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
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