Why is india so populated?

1) India is one of the oldest civilization to exist, so it becomes an obvious reason to have a large population. 2) Democracy- Unlike some countries where it is ban on having more than one or two children, there is no such coercion in India. read more

India is the world's second most populated country with over 1.1 billion people, not far behind China which has 1.3 billion.But China's population is expected to level off in the coming decades because of the government's one-child per family policy.India's population will keep on rising and the UN expects it to reach around 1.6 billion by 2050, by which time it will have overtaken China to become the world's most populated country. read more

Demography: This is the population density map of India and you can find the diagonal dark blue pattern in the north India. read more