India census: population goes up to 1.21bn (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

India's population has grown by 181 million people over the past decade to 1.21bn, according to the 2011 census.

More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.

India is on course to overtake China as the world's most populous nation by 2030, but its growth rate is falling, figures show. China has 1.3bn people.

The census also reveals a continuing preference for boys - India's sex ratio is at its worst since independence.

Statistics for the past 10 years show fewer girls than boys are being born or surviving.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12916888

[Statistical]

1. "India's sex ratio is at its worst since independence"

In a country where girls are hugely expensive and boys are hugely profitable due to antiquated dowry system is it any surprise.
Also when is the last time a family had to worry about groom burnings?

If/when India culture catches up to the modern age then the sex ratio will normalize but not before that.

[Nihil]

2. tick ... tick ... tick ...

> More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil,
> Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.
> India is on course to overtake China as the world's most populous nation
> by 2030, but its growth rate is falling, figures show. China has 1.3bn people.

K & R for yet another serious issue that is constantly allowed
to slide under the radar ...