Population Growth
Population growth is the increase in number of people inhabiting a state territory. In determining population growth the following formula is applied birth rate immigration- death rate + emigration, this information is useful for the government and business people in determining plans of investing of a certain region. In this paper I will discuss the population growth in New Delhi India. New Delhi also known as the National capital territory of Delhi is a region containing the capital of India (New Delhi). Delhi is the second most populated city in India with an estimate of 16 million people as the population has grown from 1901 – 2011without declining. Its population has been rising for the past decades as follows in the chart below,
Year Population
1901 405,000
1901-1911 413,851
1911-1921 488,452
1921-1931 636,246
1931-1941 917,939
1941-1951 1,744072
1951-1961 2,658,612
1961-1971 4,065,698
1971-1981 6,220,406
1981-1991 9,420,644
1991-2001 13,782, 976
2001-2011 16, 314,838
This is an approximate population increase of 15million from 1901-2011. The population growth in the last three decades is as follows 1981-1981 the population growth was 51 percent, 1991-2001 growth was 47 percent and from 2001 – 2011 the population growth was 21 percent approximately. The annual growth rate of New Delhi in the past decade has been recorded at 1.9 percent. Population growth has both advantages and disadvantages and below I look at the benefits and challenges of population growth in New Delhi.
Population growths have the following advantages on the New Delhi city. The advantages include a better consumer market, more companies will be opened national or multinational, attraction of investors, availability of labor...
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...which is poorly constructed, others will live in parking lots. Research shows much of the population earns $100 monthly or even less and due to their situation they don’t access basic needs like water. In the recent years 2011-2012 the people living below the poverty line were 21 percent of all population, which still is a challenge in the state. (The economic times July 2013).
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