Can India's population decrease in future?

Assuming that we don't solve some pretty concrete global resource constraints in the next hundred years, of course India's population will decrease in the future. You simply cannot continue to add humans to any area indefinitely. Eventually, you'll hit the wall on one resource or another. read more

Decrease in fertility rate itself can't make the population stable as momentum of increasing population can carry the population growth to next 30 years if remain at replacement fertility rate. Replacement fertility rate for India will be near to 2.3 (more than the US rate 2.1 ). read more

By 2024, India will slip past China to become the most populous country, and must rapidly prepare for a fast-changing economy. India will likely hold that rank throughout the 21st century. Its population is 1.34 billion, nearly a fourfold increase since independence 70 years ago. read more