Is the birth rate declining in all religious communities in India after 181?

New Delhi, September 8, 2021, Thursday

A new study by the Pew Research Center, a US-based organization, has found that birth rates among people of all faiths in India are declining. Hence the general change in the religious community. With a population of 1.5 crore, India has a population of 9 Hindus and Muslims. The remaining 5% of the population is Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Jain. For this, the National Family Health Survey and the census data were studied in detail. According to the first census conducted in 181 after India's independence, the total population was 2.1 crore, up from 1.3 billion during the last census of 2011. During this long period, the population of people of every religious community has increased. In 191, the population of Islamists increased from 2.7 crore to 12.5 crore.

The population of Hindus was 20.5 crore which increased to 4.5 crore. The population of Christians was 3 million and it was found to be 2.5 crore. According to a study, the highest birth rate in India is among Muslims. According to 2016 figures, the Muslim birth rate in India is 4.5 per woman while Hindu women have a population of 4.1. While the lowest birth rate in Jainism is 1.2. However, the average birth rate has declined in all Hindus and Muslims. In the 19th century, the birth rate among Muslims was 4.5 while among Hindus it was 4.5. In the early decades, the birth rate among minorities was high and declined. Researchers at Pew Research believe that Muslim women under the age of five have an average birth rate difference of two children per generation.

In the last 20 years, the Muslim population has increased by 8% while the Hindu population has declined by about 5%. According to the 2011 census, there were 4.5 crore Hindus in India, which is 4.5 per cent of the total population. The decline was 0.2 per cent compared to the 2001 census, which was 2.7 per cent compared to the 191 census. In 191, the number of Hindus was 4.1 per cent.

Compared to this, according to the 2001 census, Muslims were 13.5 per cent in India, which was 12.5 per cent in the 2011 census. While the number of Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains has not changed much. However, the decline in the population of Hindus varies from state to state. As compared to the 2001 census, the Hindu population in Arunachal Pradesh has declined by 8% in 2011. In Punjab too, there has been a decline of 3%.