[1] as of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, india is the world's most populous country India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population List of states in india by past populationpopulation density map of india [1] as of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.210 billion, india occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area but is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population [13][14][15][16] between 1975 and 2010, the population doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 subnational entities
[1] the states and union territories in turn are each subdivided into a total of around 800 districts, which contain further administrative subdivisions This is a list of the states of india ranked in order of average number of persons per family List of cities in india by population this is a list of the most populous cities in india In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. States the following tables list the population details of various states The columns include the hierarchical administrative subdivision codes, [13] the district name, district headquarters, 2011 census population, [14] area in square kilometres, and the population density per square kilometre
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