By IndiaTomorrow.net,
New Delhi, 26 Aug 2015: While a section of media said population of Muslims in India is increasing and population of Hindus is decreasing some others wrote that Muslim population growth rate is falling – this all might be creating confusions. The text and table below may remove all such confusions.
According to Census 2011 data on religious communities:
— Population of both Hindus and Muslims has gone up.
— Growth rate of both Hindus and Muslims has gone down.
— Population percentage of Hindus has come down from 80%, first time in history.
— Growth rate of Muslims has come down to 24%, first time in history.
— Population percentage of Muslims has continued going up.
Population of Hindus and Muslims in India
Census 1991
Census 2001
Census 2011
Population of Hindus (in millions)
Population Percentage
Population Growth Rate
690.1
81.6%
22.71%
827.6
80.5%
19.92%
966.3
79.80%
16.76%
Population of Muslims (in millions)
Population Percentage
Population Growth Rate
106.7
12.6%
32.88%
138.2
13.4%
29.52%
172.2
14.23%
24.60%
