The World Population Density Distribution & Growth Test - 3

India has a relatively young population, with a significant portion of its population in the working-age group of 15-64 years. The working population of India, which includes the 15-64 age group, comprises 68% of the total population. This scenario highlights the potential of India reaping the demographic dividend in the years to come.

The 1982 and 1984 population projection programs of the United Nations containing estimations for the world's population for 2000-2025 had 3 variations: the median projection figure for 2000 was 6.122 billion and for 2025 8.025 billion.

The population of the world is unevenly distributed. The remark of George B. Cressey about the population of Asia that "Asia has many places where people are few and few places where people are very many" is true about the pattern of population distribution of the world also. Broadly, 90 percent of the world's population lives in about 10 percent of its land area.

Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Migration are the three main components of population change. The birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 people per year. Migration is the movement of people across regions and countries, while the mortality rate is the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a year. Hence, the correct answer is Morbidity.

The crude birth rate (CBR) is equal to the number of live births (​Bi) in a year divided by the total midyear population (​P​), with the ratio multiplied by 1,000 to arrive at the number of births per 1,000 people.

India's 2023 population is estimated at 1,428,627,663 people at mid-year. India's population is equivalent to 17.76% of the total world population.

There are several factors that affect the population distribution in India:

I. Geographical Factors (i) Availability of water (ii) Landforms (iii) Climate (iv) Soils

II. Economic Factors (i) Minerals (ii) Urbanisation (iii) Industrialisation 

III. Social and Cultural Factors

World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989.

Growth of population: Population growth is the increase in the number of individuals in a population. India’s annual increase in population is large enough to neutralize efforts to conserve the resource endowment and environment. It depends on the following factors.