Table 1.

Population in the Age Group of 15 to 59 years across Indian States: in millions and as % of the total in India, 2001 to 2036

	In millions				Share in India, in %
	2001	2011	2021	2036	2001	2036
India	585.6	735.0	875.0	988.0	100	100
Uttar Pradesh	85.9	113.1	142.7	171.2	14.7	17.3
Rajasthan	29.9	39.8	49.3	59.0	5.1	6.0
North-emerging	115.8	152.9	192.0	230.2	19.8	23.3
Punjab	14.5	17.7	20.3	21.5	2.5	2.2
Haryana	11.9	15.6	19.2	23.0	2.0	2.3
Jammu &Kashmir	5.8	7.2	9.0	9.9	1.0	1.0
Uttarakhand	4.7	6.1	7.5	8.6	0.8	0.9
Himachal Pradesh	3.6	4.4	4.9	5.0	0.6	0.5
Delhi	8.6	11.1	14.2	17.9	1.5	1.8
North-advanced	49.1	62.1	75.1	85.8	8.4	8.7
Bihar	42.4	55.7	72.4	91.2	7.2	9.2
West Bengal	47.7	58.7	66.4	67.4	8.1	6.8
Jharkhand	14.6	18.9	24.0	29.2	2.5	3.0
East	104.7	133.3	162.8	187.9	17.9	19.0
Madhya Pradesh	32.7	42.8	52.6	63.1	5.6	6.4
Odisha	21.5	26.0	29.7	31.4	3.7	3.2
Chhattisgarh	11.6	15.4	18.7	22.1	2.0	2.2
Central East	65.8	84.2	100.9	116.6	11.2	11.8
Assam	15.1	18.9	22.8	25.7	2.6	2.6
North-east ex. Assam	7.0	8.9	10.9	12.0	1.2	1.2
North-east	22.1	27.9	33.7	37.7	3.8	3.8
Maharashtra	57.2	71.1	83.0	90.5	9.8	9.2
Gujarat	30.5	38.1	45.4	52.5	5.2	5.3
West	87.7	109.3	128.4	143.1	15.0	14.5
Andhra Pradesh	45.9*	32.0	35.4	35.5	7.8*	3.6
Telangana	–	22.3	25.5	26.3	–	2.7
Karnataka	31.9	39.2	44.5	47.2	5.4	4.8
South-emerging	77.8	93.5	105.3	109.0	13.3	11.0
Tamil Nadu	39.8	47.5	50.8	49.7	6.8	5.0
Kerala	20.2	21.3	22.4	22.0	3.4	2.2
South-advanced	60.0	68.8	73.2	71.6	10.2	7.3

Bold values indicate the combined figures for a group of States

*Andhra Pradesh and Telangana combined; Population as on 1 March of the respective year

Sources: Census of India 2001 and 2011, and GOI (2020) for projections of population for 2021 and 2036