Japan'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.
The 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.
Housing 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.
Speaking 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.
Earlier 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.
The US has been experiencing slow population growth for years but the pandemic exacerbated that trend.
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country with a population of around 22 crores.
The 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.
It 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.
Mumbai: 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
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