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AGE COMPOSITION OF POPULATION
Table 6.6 shows the age composition of population of India . It shows that India has a young age structure with 35 percent population of India in the age group 0-14 years. The percentage of old (60+) is only 7.8. Earlier it was higher. A thumb rule states that in the pre-transitional society, marked by high birth rate and high death rate nearly 40 percent population is found in the age group 0-14. Thus the data show that as a result of a fall in birth rate, the percentage population in the age group 0-14 has somewhat declined.
TABLE 6.6: AGE DISTRIBUTION, 2001
Age group |
Total
|
Males
|
Females |
6 years and below
|
163,819,614 |
84,999,203 |
78,820,411 |
Proportion to total population (%)
|
15.9 |
16 |
15.9 |
7 to 14 years |
199,791,198 |
104,488,119 |
95,303,079 |
Proportion to total population (%)
|
19.4 |
19.6 |
19.2 |
15 to 59 years |
585,638,723 |
303,400,561 |
282,238,162 |
Proportion to total population (%)
|
56.9 |
57 |
56.9 |
60 years and above |
76,622,321 |
37,768,327 |
38,853,994 |
Proportion to total population (%)
|
7.5 |
7.1 |
7.8 |
Age Not Stated |
2,738,472 |
1,500,562 |
1,237,910 |
Proportion to total population (%)
|
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
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