Question

What percentage of the world population people are living in India?
A. 18.6 %
B. 17. 5%
C. 16.7 %
D. 17.9 %

Answer 1

Hint:
The Republic of India is the country situated in South Asia. It is having the second position based on the population in the world after China. It has the seventh largest land area in the world. At present, it is the most populous democracy in the world. Actually one of every six people on the planet lives in India. The country has doubled in size during the previous 40 years. Very soon India will get the place of China as the world's most populated country in the next couple of decades.

Complete solution:
According to the 2011 census, India’s population was at 1.21 billion. It was 17.5% of the world’s total population. Also, India is the second most populated country in the world whereas China is in the first place. According to the 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects, the count is at 1352642280.

Additional Information:
 It is expected that, in 2020, the average age of an Indian will be 29 years, compared to 37 for China and 48 for Japan; and, by 2030, India's dependency ratio should be just over 0.4. However, the number of children in India peaked more than a decade ago and its trending downwards now.


Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
India's population continues to grow fairly steadily as the year's progress. India's population is growing faster than China's. India is expected to capture the place of China as the world's most populated country soon.