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All India and Decade-wise Growth in Elderly population and General Population

Dataset Overview

This dataset contains the decadal growth rates of general population and elderly population in India during different census years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sectors

Demographics

Update Frequency

Decennial

Granularity

All India, Decennial

Time Saved

2.5 hours

Number of Rows

16

Number of Columns

5

Sources

Elderly in India, 2021 by MoSPI

Time Period

1951-61 to 2021-31

Units

value in percentage

Last Updated

April, 2024

Related Datasets

All India, Decade and gender-wise Elderly population above 60 years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1961 to 2031

All India, Decade and gender-wise share of elderly population in total population.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1961 to 2031

All India, Gender, age-group-wise population distribution across different census years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2031

Data Preview

census_yearpopulation_typevalueunitnote
2021-2031General population8.4value in percentageProjections
2021-2031Elderly population40.5value in percentageProjections
2011-2021General population12.4value in percentage
2011-2021Elderly population35.5value in percentage
2001-2011General population17.7value in percentage

Metadata

NameNumber of Distinct ValuesNumber of Unique ValuesTypeCount
census_year80Text16
population_type20Text16
value1412Number16
unit10Text16
note10Text2

Related Datasets

All India, Decade and gender-wise Elderly population above 60 years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1961 to 2031

All India, Decade and gender-wise share of elderly population in total population.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

1961 to 2031

All India, Gender, age-group-wise population distribution across different census years.

Organisation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Time Period

2001 to 2031

Tags

population
census
increase
+11

Citation

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. All India and Decade-wise Growth in Elderly population and General Population [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/19736