Table 1.

Population growth in India between 1911 and 2011. Source: Provisional Population Totals-India, 2011.

census year	population × 106	decadal growth ×106	average annual exponential growth rate (%)	progressive growth rate compared with 1911 (%)
1911	252.0	13.7	0.56	5.75
1921	251.3	−0.8	−0.03	5.42
1931	278.9	27.6	1.04	17.02
1941	318.6	39.7	1.33	33.67
1951	361.1	42.4	1.25	51.47
1961	439.2	78.1	1.96	84.25
1971	548.1	108.9	2.20	129.94
1981	683.3	135.1	2.22	186.64
1991	846.4	163.1	2.16	255.05
2001	1028.7	182.3	1.97	331.52
2011	1210.2	181.4	1.64	407.64