It found that between 1950 and 2015, India’s Hindu population declined by 7.82%, while the Muslim population increased by 43.15% at the same time.

India is set to join many other countries around the world that are heading toward a population challenge by 2050. Newsweek has broken down what the issues are for India and what can be done about it.

India needs to create 148 million additional jobs by 2030 given population growth, says IMF DMD Gopinath Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy recently voiced concerns over India's population growth.

After the 1931 census, Indian leaders – mostly Hindus, but also some Muslims – and British officials began to express concern about the seemingly rapid rate of population growth in India ...

Despite a dramatic widening in total population, India will not yet rival China’s appetite for natural resources by ...

As of early 2025, the world population has crossed over 8 billion, growing by about 0.9 per cent in 2024, a slight slowdown from 2023. In January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths were predicted ...

April 11 (Reuters) - Hyatt Hotels (H.N), opens new tab is betting on India's rising population and consumer spending power to help the U.S. hotel chain keep up revenue growth in the double-digit ...