From 1960 to 2021 the population of India increased by 209.3 per cent.
After China, India has the second-highest population in the world. Given that it affects more than 1.20 billion of the total of over 7 billion people on the planet, overpopulation is one of the more significant issues that our nation is currently dealing with.
Intriguingly, the United States of America, which is the third-most populous nation in the world, has 311.1 million residents, or just 1/4th of India's population. When you take into account that the USA is three times bigger than India in terms of size, this discrepancy is even more astounding.
The population of certain Indian states exceeds that of several nations. The Russian Federation, which is home to 146.9 million people, is overtaken by Uttar Pradesh, which has 166 million inhabitants, similar to how Orissa has a larger population than Canada.
Even while we must worry about the rising population, we cannot always concentrate on the bad things. As a result, we must also search for the benefits. We should process whether the adage "the more the merrier" is true and consider how we might leverage our growing pool of human resources to advance this country.
By 2023, India will surpass all other countries in terms of population, according to the United Nations. Additionally, the country is home to a fifth of the world's working-age population. Right now more than 50% of India’s population is below 25 which can be tapped for the all-around socio-economic growth of the nation as the young workforce has more innovative minds.
Except for China, no country in the world has such immense manpower as India has which is indeed a blessing for the country. Such huge and skilled manpower coupled with resources needs to be regarded as an asset.
A larger consumer market and a larger pool of human resources are made possible by the enormous population.
With global businesses outsourcing labour to India in the last ten years to take advantage of the nation's less-priced, educated, and young English-speaking population, India has become a significant back office to the world.
In addition to around 650,000 postgraduates in science and fields of Information Technology, India annually graduates 2.5 million people in IT, engineering, and the biological sciences. About 850,000 graduates and professionals work in the IT sector alone and more are being hired in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.
A population with talent and a strong work ethic can quickly become a source of national growth. A nation like India can utilise its abundant natural resources and its enormous human population to move the nation in the right direction.
As analyst Kugelman pointed out, "While India may not succeed 100%, it will certainly do what it takes to ensure that a golden opportunity for a demographic dividend doesn't pass it by."
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