{"schemaVersion":"1.0","checkedDate":"2026-10-11","publisherRole":"PopulationIndia independently analyses and presents data; the named government agencies publish the official sources.","updatePolicy":"Manually reviewed. The source-check date is separate from each metric’s reference period and the original publication date.","datasets":[{"id":"census-2011","name":"Census of India 2011 — final population totals","shortName":"Census 2011","displayTitle":"Census 2011: the historical baseline","kind":"Enumeration","category":"Census count","theme":"count","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India; reproduced by the Ministry of Home Affairs","agencyShort":"Census of India / MHA","referencePeriod":"2011","cardPeriod":"2011","publicationDate":"2014-07-15","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"Final, revised Census 2011 population counts for India and the 35 states and union territories used in that census.","whatItMeasures":"People enumerated in Census 2011, with the final revisions published in the cited table.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"A present-day count or the population of every state on its current boundaries.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mha.gov.in/MHA1/Par2017/pdfs/par2014-pdfs/ls-150714/653.pdf","sourceTitle":"Census 2011: Lok Sabha Unstarred Question 653, Annex I - Total population, Census 2011","statusLabel":"Final / revised historical count","question":"What did the last completed census count, place by place?","topics":["population"],"aliases":["headcount","historical","baseline"],"existingPath":"/india/","headlineMetric":"india-population-2011","metrics":[{"id":"india-population-2011","label":"India: final Census 2011 population","shortLabel":"India’s census baseline","value":1210854977,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"2011","sourceUrl":"https://www.mha.gov.in/MHA1/Par2017/pdfs/par2014-pdfs/ls-150714/653.pdf","locator":"Annex I, India total; Lok Sabha Question 653, 15 July 2014","notes":"Final/revised historical count using Census 2011 boundaries; retained without relabelling as current population.","displayScale":"crore","cardNote":"Final / revised historical count"}]},{"id":"population-projections","name":"Population Projections for India and States, 2011–2036","shortName":"Government projections","kind":"Projection","agency":"National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; Technical Group chaired by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India","referencePeriod":"Selected totals: 1 March 2026; series extends to 2036","publicationDate":"2020-07","description":"The Technical Group’s published projection series uses a Census 2011 base and assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. It supplies national and state/UT planning figures. This is the government series, with its own assumptions; no UN projection variant is used here.","whatItMeasures":"Population size and age, sex and urban/rural composition under the report’s assumptions. Most large states use a cohort component method; some smaller units use other methods. State geography includes separate Andhra Pradesh/Telangana and Jammu & Kashmir/Ladakh, while Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu remain separate source rows.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"A new enumeration, a continuously observed population, or an exact count for today. The July 2020 publication date remains part of the label even when the projected year is 2026. Source geographic units must be checked before comparison with Census 2011 or present administrative boundaries.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf","sourceTitle":"Population Projections for India and States 2011–2036: Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections, July 2020","metrics":[{"id":"india-population-projection-2026","label":"India: projected population","value":1425908000,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"1 March 2026","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf#page=50","locator":"Table 8, India, 2026, Persons; printed page 44 / PDF page 50","notes":"Published as 14,25,908 thousand. Converted to persons; precision remains thousands. Equivalent to 142.5908 crore. This is a projection from the July 2020 report.","displayScale":"crore","shortLabel":"India’s projected population","cardNote":"Published July 2020 · modelled total"},{"id":"maharashtra-population-projection-2026","label":"Maharashtra: projected population","value":129308000,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"1 March 2026","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf#page=55","locator":"Table 8, Maharashtra, 2026, Persons; printed page 49 / PDF page 55","notes":"Published as 1,29,308 thousand; converted to persons. A state example from the same series and reference date as the national figure.","displayScale":"crore"},{"id":"andhra-pradesh-population-projection-2026","label":"Andhra Pradesh: projected population","value":53709000,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"1 March 2026","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf#page=55","locator":"Table 8, Andhra Pradesh, 2026, Persons; printed page 49 / PDF page 55","notes":"Published as 53,709 thousand; converted to persons. This Andhra Pradesh excludes Telangana. The report uses recast 2011 state populations; do not compare directly with undivided Andhra Pradesh’s 2011 total.","displayScale":"crore"},{"id":"telangana-population-projection-2026","label":"Telangana: projected population","value":38636000,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"1 March 2026","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf#page=62","locator":"Table 8, Telangana, 2026, Persons; printed page 56 / PDF page 62","notes":"Published as 38,636 thousand; converted to persons. Telangana is a separate projection geography, based on a recast 2011 population.","displayScale":"crore"},{"id":"india-population-projection-2036","label":"India: projected population at series endpoint","value":1522288000,"unit":"people","referencePeriod":"1 March 2036","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/10/1c3c2048814bd3747f44e661f8547055.pdf#page=50","locator":"Table 8, India, 2036, Persons; printed page 44 / PDF page 50","notes":"Published as 15,22,288 thousand; converted to persons. A future projection under the same July 2020 assumptions, useful only with that label.","displayScale":"crore"}],"displayTitle":"India’s population: the government projection","category":"Projection","theme":"projection","agencyShort":"MoHFW / National Commission on Population","cardPeriod":"1 March 2026","statusLabel":"Projection published July 2020","question":"How many people does the government project for 2026?","topics":["population","ageing"],"aliases":["current population","2026 population","estimated population","forecast","projection","age structure"],"headlineMetric":"india-population-projection-2026","guide":"india-after-2011-which-data-to-use","related":["census-2011","aadhaar","nfhs-6"],"analysis":["The 2026 total is a planning projection from a report published in July 2020. Its target year moves forward; the evidence base and assumptions do not automatically update with the calendar.","Read the selected state examples on the report’s own boundaries. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are separate here, while our Census 2011 directory preserves undivided Andhra Pradesh. A percentage change between those unmatched geographies would be misleading."],"readingNotes":["The original Table 8 reports values in thousands. Conversion to people preserves that precision; it does not produce a person-by-person count.","The 2036 value is a future projection under the same report’s assumptions. It is included as a labelled endpoint, not as observed growth.","UIDAI’s saturation report uses its own published projected-population denominator. Use that denominator to interpret its coverage percentage; do not silently substitute this national total."],"verifiedDate":"2026-10-11"},{"id":"nfhs-6","name":"National Family Health Survey 6: India and State/UT Fact Sheets","shortName":"NFHS-6","kind":"Sample survey","agency":"Ministry of Health & Family Welfare; International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai","referencePeriod":"Survey round 2023–24; indicator windows vary","publicationDate":"2026-05-29","description":"The latest NFHS national and state/UT fact sheets verified as of 11 October 2026. They were released on 29 May 2026, cover 2023–24, and label their findings provisional. The survey covered 679,238 households and excludes Manipur.","whatItMeasures":"Sample-based indicators of population and household characteristics, fertility, family planning, health, nutrition and related conditions. Each indicator has its own eligible population and reference window. National, urban/rural and state/UT results are available in the fact sheets.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"An enumerated national population total or a 2026 population count. A publication in 2026 still describes the survey’s earlier reference period. Small differences between states or survey rounds require attention to sampling uncertainty, coverage and indicator definitions.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/05/111ff4a13ca36b5cabb7f94aec5bb0ce.pdf","sourceTitle":"National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), 2023–24: India and State/UT Fact Sheets, IIPS, May 2026","metrics":[{"id":"india-tfr-nfhs6","label":"India: total fertility rate","value":2.0,"unit":"children per woman","referencePeriod":"NFHS-6 survey round, 2023–24; retrospective fertility estimate","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/05/111ff4a13ca36b5cabb7f94aec5bb0ce.pdf#page=26","locator":"India — Key Indicators, indicator 18, NFHS-6 Total; printed page 4 / PDF page 26","notes":"Provisional survey estimate. The fact sheet identifies the 2023–24 survey round but does not state the exact retrospective fertility window beside indicator 18. Do not present this as a single calendar-year fertility rate. The published 2.0 also appeared in NFHS-5; NFHS-6 is the newer source. Retain one decimal when displaying 2.0.","decimals":1,"shortLabel":"Total fertility rate","cardPeriod":"NFHS-6 · 2023–24 round","cardNote":"Provisional · excludes Manipur"},{"id":"india-under15-share-nfhs6","label":"India: population below age 15","value":25.5,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"NFHS-6, 2023–24","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/05/111ff4a13ca36b5cabb7f94aec5bb0ce.pdf#page=26","locator":"India — Key Indicators, indicator 2, NFHS-6 Total; printed page 4 / PDF page 26","notes":"Provisional survey estimate of an age share. Keep NFHS-6’s household-survey coverage, including the exclusion of Manipur, attached; this is not a census age count.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":""},{"id":"india-age60plus-share-nfhs6","label":"India: population aged 60 and above","value":12.9,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"NFHS-6, 2023–24","sourceUrl":"https://www.mohfw-dohfw.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/05/111ff4a13ca36b5cabb7f94aec5bb0ce.pdf#page=26","locator":"India — Key Indicators, indicator 3, NFHS-6 Total; printed page 4 / PDF page 26","notes":"Provisional survey estimate. The denominator is the population represented by the survey, not people employed or people receiving a pension. Do not multiply it by a different source’s 2026 population total without a justified estimation method.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":""}],"displayTitle":"NFHS-6: families, fertility and age","category":"Household survey","theme":"survey","agencyShort":"MoHFW / IIPS","cardPeriod":"2023–24","statusLabel":"Provisional · Manipur excluded","question":"What do household surveys tell us about fertility and ageing?","topics":["fertility","ageing"],"aliases":["family health","children","older people","ageing","aging","births","fertility","households","TFR"],"headlineMetric":"india-tfr-nfhs6","guide":"india-after-2011-which-data-to-use","related":["srs","population-projections","maternal-mortality"],"analysis":["The fact sheets released in May 2026 provide newer survey evidence about the 2023–24 round. This page selects demographic indicators: fertility and the shares of younger and older people.","A total fertility rate of 2.0 is a summary fertility estimate; it does not mean every woman has two children, and it does not by itself establish that total population has stopped growing. Age structure and the numbers entering childbearing ages also matter."],"readingNotes":["The fact sheets label their findings provisional. NFHS-6 excludes Manipur, so keep the survey’s coverage attached to national and round-to-round comparisons.","Age shares are survey estimates. Do not multiply them by a population total from a different year or source without explaining and justifying an estimation method.","The TFR row does not specify its exact retrospective window. We label the survey round and retain that limitation instead of calling the figure a rate for a single year."],"additionalSources":[{"label":"MoHFW: release of NFHS-6, 29 May 2026","url":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2266600&lang=1&reg=3"}],"verifiedDate":"2026-10-11"},{"id":"aadhaar","name":"UIDAI State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation — 30 June 2026","shortName":"Aadhaar coverage","displayTitle":"Aadhaar: identity coverage, carefully read","kind":"Administrative data with estimated mortality adjustment","category":"Administrative estimate","theme":"register","agency":"Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)","agencyShort":"UIDAI","referencePeriod":"30 June 2026; coverage denominator projected for 2026","cardPeriod":"30 June 2026","publicationDate":null,"publicationLabel":"Separate release date","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"A dated view of Aadhaar coverage: raw assigned numbers, estimated living holders and the projected population used to calculate penetration. Explore national figures and all 36 source states and union territories.","whatItMeasures":"The report records assigned Aadhaar identities and estimates living holders by applying an adjustment for estimated deaths based on RGI death rates. It expresses estimated living holders as a percentage of its projected 2026 population.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"A person-by-person check of who is alive, a count of citizens physically present in India, or a live population total. Address records, enrolment coverage, eligibility and the projection denominator affect how it should be read.","sourceUrl":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf","sourceTitle":"UIDAI — State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation, 30 June 2026","statusLabel":"Mortality-adjusted estimate","question":"What can identity records tell us about enrolment coverage?","topics":["identity"],"aliases":["aadhar","adhar","aadhaar card","UIDAI","saturation","identity","enrolment","enrollment","coverage","digital identity"],"headlineMetric":"estimated-live","guide":"aadhaar-and-indias-population","related":["population-projections","crs","census-2011"],"metrics":[{"id":"assigned-raw","label":"Aadhaar numbers assigned — raw","value":1448005767,"unit":"Aadhaar numbers","referencePeriod":"30 June 2026","sourceUrl":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf","locator":"National TOTAL row and notes 1–2 in UIDAI State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation, dated 30-Jun-26","notes":"Raw assigned count published in the saturation report; retain this source label.","displayScale":"crore"},{"id":"estimated-live","label":"Estimated living Aadhaar holders","value":1347652046,"unit":"estimated holders","referencePeriod":"30 June 2026","sourceUrl":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf","locator":"National TOTAL row and notes 1–2 in UIDAI State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation, dated 30-Jun-26","notes":"Adjusted for estimated deaths using RGI death-rate estimates. This is not an individually verified population count.","displayScale":"crore","shortLabel":"Estimated living Aadhaar holders","cardNote":"UIDAI estimate · adjusted for deaths"},{"id":"penetration","label":"Reported Aadhaar penetration","value":94.59,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"30 June 2026","sourceUrl":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf","locator":"National TOTAL row and notes 1–2 in UIDAI State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation, dated 30-Jun-26","notes":"Estimated living holders divided by the report’s projected 2026 population; denominator 1,424,696,577.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":2,"shortUnit":""},{"id":"projection-denominator","label":"UIDAI report: projected population denominator","value":1424696577,"unit":"projected people","referencePeriod":"Projected for 2026; used in report dated 30 June 2026","sourceUrl":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf","locator":"National TOTAL row, Total population (Projected for 2026)","notes":"Use this report’s denominator for its penetration ratio. It differs from the national total in MoHFW’s Table 8; no substitution or explanation of that difference is assumed.","displayScale":"crore"}],"analysis":["The estimated living total is about 134.77 crore in the report dated 30 June 2026. It is smaller than the raw assigned total because it uses an estimated-deaths adjustment; it is not a separately enumerated population.","The reported 94.59% penetration uses the denominator printed by UIDAI: 1,424,696,577 projected people. This differs from the national total in the government projection table shown elsewhere on this site. We retain each source’s published value and do not mix their denominators.","Aadhaar updates and authentication transactions reflect activity in the identity system. One person can update or authenticate repeatedly, so those totals cannot be substituted for distinct people."],"readingNotes":["State assignment uses the address recorded in Aadhaar, which need not represent domicile or actual physical location at the reporting instant.","Coverage percentages use the report’s projected 2026 population. A percentage above 100 must not be capped or reinterpreted as a measured population growth rate.","Current administrative boundaries differ from the site’s historical Census 2011 state profiles. Do not directly join across Andhra Pradesh/Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir/Ladakh, or the merged Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu without explicit geographic handling.","The published estimated living national total is 1,347,652,046. The displayed state estimates sum to 1,347,652,043, a difference of 3. Values are retained as published; the source does not explain this small discrepancy."],"additionalSources":[{"label":"1. UIDAI — State/UT wise Aadhaar Saturation, 30 June 2026","url":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/AadhaarSaturationReport.pdf"},{"label":"2. UIDAI — Annual Report 2024–25, sections 1.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.11","url":"https://uidai.gov.in/images/E_UIDAI_Annual_Report_24-25.pdf"},{"label":"3. Ministry of Electronics & IT / PIB — Deceased Aadhaar holders, 4 February 2026","url":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2223050&lang=1&reg=3"},{"label":"4. UIDAI — Enrolment & Update FAQs","url":"https://uidai.gov.in/en/enrolment-and-update"},{"label":"5. UIDAI — NRI & Aadhaar FAQs","url":"https://uidai.gov.in/en/disclaimer/291-english-uk/faqs/your-aadhaar/nri-aadhaar.html"}],"stateRecords":[{"sourceName":"A & N Islands","name":"Andaman and Nicobar Islands","slug":"andaman-and-nicobar-islands","projectedPopulation2026":406000,"assignedRaw":416919,"estimatedLive":383572,"penetrationPercent":94.48},{"sourceName":"Andhra Pradesh","name":"Andhra Pradesh","slug":"andhra-pradesh","projectedPopulation2026":53709000,"assignedRaw":57916685,"estimatedLive":53090124,"penetrationPercent":98.85},{"sourceName":"Arunachal Pradesh","name":"Arunachal Pradesh","slug":"arunachal-pradesh","projectedPopulation2026":1604000,"assignedRaw":1330995,"estimatedLive":1247388,"penetrationPercent":77.77},{"sourceName":"Assam","name":"Assam","slug":"assam","projectedPopulation2026":36717000,"assignedRaw":35073459,"estimatedLive":33649210,"penetrationPercent":91.64},{"sourceName":"Bihar","name":"Bihar","slug":"bihar","projectedPopulation2026":132265000,"assignedRaw":124234203,"estimatedLive":116782847,"penetrationPercent":88.29},{"sourceName":"Chandigarh","name":"Chandigarh","slug":"chandigarh","projectedPopulation2026":1267000,"assignedRaw":1226508,"estimatedLive":1124895,"penetrationPercent":88.78},{"sourceName":"Chhattisgarh","name":"Chhattisgarh","slug":"chhattisgarh","projectedPopulation2026":31211000,"assignedRaw":31644556,"estimatedLive":29427633,"penetrationPercent":94.29},{"sourceName":"Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu","name":"Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu","slug":"dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu","projectedPopulation2026":668073,"assignedRaw":741309,"estimatedLive":690741,"penetrationPercent":103.39},{"sourceName":"Delhi","name":"Delhi","slug":"delhi","projectedPopulation2026":22540000,"assignedRaw":24576509,"estimatedLive":23010175,"penetrationPercent":102.09},{"sourceName":"Goa","name":"Goa","slug":"goa","projectedPopulation2026":1599000,"assignedRaw":1778244,"estimatedLive":1635187,"penetrationPercent":102.26},{"sourceName":"Gujarat","name":"Gujarat","slug":"gujarat","projectedPopulation2026":74086000,"assignedRaw":71316056,"estimatedLive":66486078,"penetrationPercent":89.74},{"sourceName":"Haryana","name":"Haryana","slug":"haryana","projectedPopulation2026":31299000,"assignedRaw":33517299,"estimatedLive":31203340,"penetrationPercent":99.69},{"sourceName":"Himachal Pradesh","name":"Himachal Pradesh","slug":"himachal-pradesh","projectedPopulation2026":7579000,"assignedRaw":8552693,"estimatedLive":7865906,"penetrationPercent":103.79},{"sourceName":"Jammu Kashmir","name":"Jammu and Kashmir","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir","projectedPopulation2026":13896000,"assignedRaw":12907458,"estimatedLive":12167709,"penetrationPercent":87.56},{"sourceName":"Jharkhand","name":"Jharkhand","slug":"jharkhand","projectedPopulation2026":40958000,"assignedRaw":39571827,"estimatedLive":36747635,"penetrationPercent":89.72},{"sourceName":"Karnataka","name":"Karnataka","slug":"karnataka","projectedPopulation2026":68962000,"assignedRaw":72416333,"estimatedLive":67027107,"penetrationPercent":97.19},{"sourceName":"Kerala","name":"Kerala","slug":"kerala","projectedPopulation2026":36207000,"assignedRaw":41357800,"estimatedLive":38024123,"penetrationPercent":105.02},{"sourceName":"Ladakh","name":"Ladakh","slug":"ladakh","projectedPopulation2026":305000,"assignedRaw":272473,"estimatedLive":257004,"penetrationPercent":84.26},{"sourceName":"Lakshadweep","name":"Lakshadweep","slug":"lakshadweep","projectedPopulation2026":70000,"assignedRaw":82119,"estimatedLive":75939,"penetrationPercent":108.48},{"sourceName":"Madhya Pradesh","name":"Madhya Pradesh","slug":"madhya-pradesh","projectedPopulation2026":89673000,"assignedRaw":88367963,"estimatedLive":81821328,"penetrationPercent":91.24},{"sourceName":"Maharashtra","name":"Maharashtra","slug":"maharashtra","projectedPopulation2026":129308000,"assignedRaw":130727281,"estimatedLive":121219672,"penetrationPercent":93.74},{"sourceName":"Manipur","name":"Manipur","slug":"manipur","projectedPopulation2026":3311000,"assignedRaw":2904040,"estimatedLive":2712264,"penetrationPercent":81.92},{"sourceName":"Meghalaya","name":"Meghalaya","slug":"meghalaya","projectedPopulation2026":3440000,"assignedRaw":3008626,"estimatedLive":2889448,"penetrationPercent":84},{"sourceName":"Mizoram","name":"Mizoram","slug":"mizoram","projectedPopulation2026":1272000,"assignedRaw":1319635,"estimatedLive":1243122,"penetrationPercent":97.73},{"sourceName":"Nagaland","name":"Nagaland","slug":"nagaland","projectedPopulation2026":2294000,"assignedRaw":1536773,"estimatedLive":1431599,"penetrationPercent":62.41},{"sourceName":"Odisha","name":"Odisha","slug":"odisha","projectedPopulation2026":47147000,"assignedRaw":48491492,"estimatedLive":44827887,"penetrationPercent":95.08},{"sourceName":"Puducherry","name":"Puducherry","slug":"puducherry","projectedPopulation2026":1419504,"assignedRaw":1556120,"estimatedLive":1437415,"penetrationPercent":101.26},{"sourceName":"Punjab","name":"Punjab","slug":"punjab","projectedPopulation2026":31318000,"assignedRaw":34263995,"estimatedLive":31675745,"penetrationPercent":101.14},{"sourceName":"Rajasthan","name":"Rajasthan","slug":"rajasthan","projectedPopulation2026":83642000,"assignedRaw":84275293,"estimatedLive":78596227,"penetrationPercent":93.97},{"sourceName":"Sikkim","name":"Sikkim","slug":"sikkim","projectedPopulation2026":708000,"assignedRaw":646704,"estimatedLive":592472,"penetrationPercent":83.68},{"sourceName":"Tamil Nadu","name":"Tamil Nadu","slug":"tamil-nadu","projectedPopulation2026":77546000,"assignedRaw":81597037,"estimatedLive":75680274,"penetrationPercent":97.59},{"sourceName":"Telangana","name":"Telangana","slug":"telangana","projectedPopulation2026":38636000,"assignedRaw":43564129,"estimatedLive":39981317,"penetrationPercent":103.48},{"sourceName":"Tripura","name":"Tripura","slug":"tripura","projectedPopulation2026":4260000,"assignedRaw":4276221,"estimatedLive":3924426,"penetrationPercent":92.12},{"sourceName":"Uttar Pradesh","name":"Uttar Pradesh","slug":"uttar-pradesh","projectedPopulation2026":242859000,"assignedRaw":242325590,"estimatedLive":226415488,"penetrationPercent":93.23},{"sourceName":"Uttarakhand","name":"Uttarakhand","slug":"uttarakhand","projectedPopulation2026":11993000,"assignedRaw":12761616,"estimatedLive":11907418,"penetrationPercent":99.29},{"sourceName":"West Bengal","name":"West Bengal","slug":"west-bengal","projectedPopulation2026":100522000,"assignedRaw":107449807,"estimatedLive":100399328,"penetrationPercent":99.88}],"national":{"assignedRaw":1448005767,"estimatedLive":1347652046,"projectedPopulation2026":1424696577,"penetrationPercent":94.59},"publicVerificationNote":"The official one-page saturation report dated 30 June 2026 was read and its national and state figures checked. UIDAI reuses this PDF address for successive editions; check the date printed in the document before citing it. A separate publication date was not stated."},{"id":"srs","name":"Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2024","shortName":"SRS 2024","kind":"Sample survey estimates","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","referencePeriod":"2024","publicationDate":"2026-05-20","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"Annual estimates of fertility, births and mortality for India and subnational areas.","whatItMeasures":"Birth and death rates, infant mortality and other fertility and mortality indicators estimated through the Sample Registration System.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"A new census count or a real-time population total. Survey rates should not be described as counts of registered events.","sourceUrl":"https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/47152","sourceTitle":"SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS)-STATISTICAL REPORT 2024","metrics":[{"id":"infant-mortality-rate-2024","label":"Infant mortality rate","value":24,"unit":"deaths before age one per 1,000 live births","referencePeriod":"2024","sourceUrl":"https://prms.prharyana.gov.in/press-release/2539","locator":"Official Haryana Health Department press release, 7 June 2026, paragraph beginning ‘According to the SRS 2024 report’; explicitly states 24 per 1,000 live births matches the national average.","notes":"India national estimate. Verified through an official government reproduction of SRS 2024, rather than a directly accessible ORGI table. The release date of this supporting press release is 2026-06-07; the underlying ORGI report's catalog publication date is 2026-05-20. This is a mortality rate, not the number of infant deaths.","shortLabel":"Infant mortality rate","shortUnit":"per 1,000 live births","cardNote":"Deaths before age one · SRS estimate"}],"catalogReferenceId":"SRS_STAT_2024","metricVerification":"Official government reproduction","displayTitle":"SRS 2024: births, fertility and survival","category":"Sample registration","theme":"survey","agencyShort":"Census of India / ORGI","cardPeriod":"2024","statusLabel":"Sample-based rate estimates","question":"What are the estimated birth, death and infant mortality rates?","topics":["fertility","mortality"],"aliases":["sample registration system","IMR","infant mortality","birth rate","death rate","fertility","survival"],"headlineMetric":"infant-mortality-rate-2024","related":["crs","nfhs-6","life-tables"],"analysis":["SRS produces estimates from a sample system. It is useful for studying vital rates between censuses, while CRS describes events captured in the registration system. Their methods and purposes differ.","The national infant mortality rate reproduced here is 24 deaths before age one per 1,000 live births for 2024. The official Haryana Health Department release explicitly identifies 24 as the national average. We link that accessible government reproduction alongside the underlying ORGI catalog."],"readingNotes":["Keep infant mortality’s denominator: live births. It is not a rate per 1,000 people in the whole population.","The report describes 2024. Its publication in May 2026 does not make the rate an observation for 2026."],"publicVerificationNote":"The ORGI catalog identifies the report and its publication date. Direct report downloads were inaccessible during this review; the included national infant mortality figure was verified in the linked Haryana government release dated 7 June 2026."},{"id":"maternal-mortality","name":"SRS Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India 2022–2024","shortName":"Maternal mortality","kind":"Pooled sample survey estimates","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","referencePeriod":"2022–2024","publicationDate":"2026-05-20","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"Maternal mortality estimates using a three-year period of Sample Registration System observations.","whatItMeasures":"The maternal mortality ratio: maternal deaths per 100,000 live births during the stated reference period.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"The total number of maternal deaths, the share of all women who die, or an annual estimate specifically for 2026.","sourceUrl":"https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/47151","sourceTitle":"SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS)-SPECIAL BULLETIN ON MATERNAL MORTALITY IN INDIA 2022-24","metrics":[{"id":"maternal-mortality-ratio-2022-2024","label":"Maternal mortality ratio","value":87,"unit":"maternal deaths per 100,000 live births","referencePeriod":"2022–2024","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2292344&lang=2&reg=48","locator":"Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, ‘Update on Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan’, posted 31 July 2026; progress section bullet beginning ‘As per the Sample Registration System (SRS)’ (rendered lines 33–35).","notes":"India national estimate pooled across 2022–2024. The official release explicitly reports 87 per one lakh live births; one lakh equals 100,000. Verified through MoHFW's official parliamentary-reply release; direct ORGI bulletin table could not be retrieved. The supporting release was published 2026-07-31, separate from the underlying report's 2026-05-20 publication date.","shortLabel":"Maternal mortality ratio","shortUnit":"per 100,000 live births"}],"catalogReferenceId":"SRS_MMR_Bulletin_2022_2024","metricVerification":"Official government reproduction","displayTitle":"Maternal mortality: the 2022–24 estimate","category":"Pooled sample estimate","theme":"survey","agencyShort":"Census of India / ORGI","cardPeriod":"2022–24","statusLabel":"Three-year pooled estimate","question":"What is the estimated maternal mortality ratio?","topics":["mortality"],"aliases":["MMR","mothers","maternal deaths","pregnancy"],"headlineMetric":"maternal-mortality-ratio-2022-2024","related":["srs","nfhs-6","mccd"],"analysis":["The maternal mortality ratio is 87 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births for the pooled 2022–2024 period. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reproduces this SRS figure in its official July 2026 parliamentary-reply release.","The three-year window belongs with the estimate. A comparison should retain the same definition and account for overlapping windows when assessing changes between consecutive bulletins."],"readingNotes":["One lakh means 100,000; the source uses that denominator.","A ratio is not the total number of maternal deaths. It is also not the probability that any woman in the population will die."],"publicVerificationNote":"The report’s period and publication date come from the ORGI catalog. Its national ratio was verified through MoHFW’s official release dated 31 July 2026; the original bulletin download was inaccessible during review."},{"id":"crs","name":"Vital Statistics of India Based on the Civil Registration System 2024","shortName":"Civil registration · CRS","kind":"Administrative registration records","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","referencePeriod":"2024","publicationDate":"2026-07-01","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"A compilation of registered births, deaths, infant deaths and stillbirths submitted through civil registration.","whatItMeasures":"Vital events recorded in the Civil Registration System, with sex and rural/urban breakdowns and registration-based sex ratio at birth.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"Automatically all births or deaths occurring in India during 2024. Registered totals may reflect registration coverage, delayed registrations and differences in reporting; they are not interchangeable with SRS estimates.","sourceUrl":"https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/47155","sourceTitle":"REPORT ON VITAL STATISTICS OF INDIA BASED ON THE CIVIL REGISTRATION SYSTEM-2024","metrics":[],"catalogReferenceId":"CRS_Report_2024","metricVerification":"Catalog only","displayTitle":"Births and deaths: what CRS records","category":"Civil registration","theme":"register","agencyShort":"Census of India / ORGI","cardPeriod":"2024","statusLabel":"Official report guide","question":"How many births and deaths entered the registration system?","topics":["fertility","mortality"],"aliases":["civil registration system","registered births","registered deaths","vital statistics","birth certificate","death certificate"],"related":["srs","mccd","aadhaar"],"analysis":["CRS provides administrative evidence about registered births and deaths. To interpret a total, check whether a table classifies events by occurrence, registration year, or another reporting convention. Delayed registrations can change what an annual total means.","An increase in registered deaths or births can reflect changes in the underlying events, completeness of registration, delays, or reporting. Use the release’s coverage and inclusion notes before calling the change a demographic trend."],"readingNotes":["SRS rates and CRS registered counts are complementary. A registered count is not automatically a count of every event that occurred.","For sex ratio at birth, keep the source’s definition and distinguish it from the census sex ratio of the entire population."],"publicVerificationNote":"The official catalog metadata was verified. Its numeric report tables could not be retrieved during this review, so this page provides a source guide without reproducing unverified figures. Follow the original publisher for the full report."},{"id":"life-tables","name":"SRS Abridged Life Tables 2020–2024","shortName":"SRS life tables","kind":"Period life table estimates","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","referencePeriod":"2020–2024","publicationDate":"2026-05-18","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"Life tables for India and bigger states and union territories based on mortality over a five-year period.","whatItMeasures":"Survival probabilities and remaining life expectancy at birth and later ages for a hypothetical cohort exposed to the mortality conditions of the reference period.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"A prediction of an individual newborn's eventual lifespan, an observed average age at death, or a population headcount.","sourceUrl":"https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/47148","sourceTitle":"SAMPLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM (SRS)-ABRIDGED LIFE TABLES 2020-2024","metrics":[],"catalogReferenceId":"SRS-Abridged_Life_Tables_2020-2024","metricVerification":"Catalog only","displayTitle":"Life expectancy: reading period life tables","category":"Life table estimate","theme":"survey","agencyShort":"Census of India / ORGI","cardPeriod":"2020–24","statusLabel":"Official report guide","question":"What do mortality patterns imply about years of life?","topics":["mortality","ageing"],"aliases":["life expectancy","lifespan","longevity","survival","older age","life table"],"related":["srs","mccd","nfhs-6"],"analysis":["A period life table applies the mortality conditions of its reference period to a hypothetical group as it ages. Its life expectancy is a statistical summary of those conditions.","Use the age and sex specified by the table. Life expectancy at birth differs from remaining life expectancy at age 60; neither is simply the average age among people who died in that year."],"readingNotes":["The five-year reference period is 2020–2024. The catalog lists publication on 18 May 2026.","Do not describe period life expectancy as a forecast of the eventual lifespan of a particular person."],"publicVerificationNote":"The official catalog metadata was verified. Its numeric report tables could not be retrieved during this review, so this page provides a source guide without reproducing unverified figures. Follow the original publisher for the full report."},{"id":"mccd","name":"Annual Report on Medical Certification of Cause of Death 2024","shortName":"Certified causes of death","kind":"Medically certified registration records","agency":"Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (ORGI), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India","referencePeriod":"2024","publicationDate":"2026-07-16","verifiedDate":"2026-10-11","description":"Cause-of-death statistics for deaths with medical certification, compiled from state and union-territory registration authorities.","whatItMeasures":"The causes recorded for medically certified deaths reported through MCCD, and the scope of medical certification within registered deaths.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"All deaths in India or the disease prevalence of the entire population. Cause shares among medically certified deaths must retain that denominator and should not be described as shares of all national deaths.","sourceUrl":"https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/47157","sourceTitle":"Annual Report on MCCD-2024","metrics":[],"catalogReferenceId":"Annual_Report_on_MCCD_2024","metricVerification":"Catalog only","displayTitle":"MCCD: the causes recorded for certified deaths","category":"Certified death records","theme":"register","agencyShort":"Census of India / ORGI","cardPeriod":"2024","statusLabel":"Official report guide","question":"What causes were recorded for medically certified deaths?","topics":["mortality"],"aliases":["medical certification","MCCD","cause of death","causes of death","disease","mortality"],"related":["crs","srs","life-tables"],"analysis":["MCCD adds cause information to the deaths with medical certification reported by registration authorities. Its scope is narrower than the full set of deaths occurring in the population.","When a cause accounts for a share of MCCD deaths, that denominator must remain visible. Differences in certification, reporting and the places where people die can affect the observed mix of causes."],"readingNotes":["A cause-of-death percentage within medically certified deaths is not automatically a cause share among all deaths in India.","Cause-of-death data does not directly measure how many living people have a disease."],"publicVerificationNote":"The official catalog metadata was verified. Its numeric report tables could not be retrieved during this review, so this page provides a source guide without reproducing unverified figures. Follow the original publisher for the full report."},{"id":"plfs","name":"Periodic Labour Force Survey: Monthly Bulletin, August 2026","shortName":"PLFS · work & employment","kind":"Sample survey","agency":"National Statistics Office, Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation","referencePeriod":"August 2026 · Current Weekly Status · age 15+ · India, rural + urban","publicationDate":"2026-09-15","description":"The latest monthly PLFS release verified as of 11 October 2026. It adds employment context to demographic change. The monthly series uses Current Weekly Status, based on the seven days before each interview; its sampling design was changed from January 2025.","whatItMeasures":"Participation in the labour force, employment and unemployment. Monthly all-India results are split by sex and rural/urban location. The age cutoff, reporting period and activity-status definition belong beside every rate.","whatItDoesNotMeasure":"Total population, every kind of unpaid activity, or an annual usual-status employment rate. Unemployment has the labour force as its denominator, while LFPR and WPR use the corresponding population. Comparisons across the January 2025 design change need the official comparability notes.","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2310427&lang=2&reg=48","sourceTitle":"MoSPI press note on the Periodic Labour Force Survey Monthly Bulletin, August 2026; released 15 September 2026","metrics":[{"id":"india-lfpr-cws-august-2026","label":"Labour force participation rate, age 15+","value":55.6,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"August 2026, CWS","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2310427&lang=2&reg=48","locator":"Snapshot; section A, “Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) strengthened”","notes":"All India, rural and urban combined, persons aged 15+. The numerator is people working or seeking or available for work; the denominator is the population in that age group.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":"","shortLabel":"Labour force participation","cardNote":"CWS · age 15+ · rural + urban"},{"id":"india-wpr-cws-august-2026","label":"Worker population ratio, age 15+","value":52.8,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"August 2026, CWS","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2310427&lang=2&reg=48","locator":"Snapshot; section A, “Rise in rural workforce participation across genders”","notes":"All India, rural and urban combined, persons aged 15+. Employed people as a share of the population in that age group.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":""},{"id":"india-unemployment-cws-august-2026","label":"Unemployment rate, age 15+","value":5.0,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"August 2026, CWS","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2310427&lang=2&reg=48","locator":"Snapshot; section A, “Rural Unemployment Rate (UR) declined”, opening paragraph","notes":"All India, rural and urban combined, persons aged 15+. Unemployed people as a share of the labour force, not of the whole population. Retain one decimal when displaying 5.0.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":""},{"id":"india-female-lfpr-cws-august-2026","label":"Female labour force participation rate, age 15+","value":34.8,"unit":"percent","referencePeriod":"August 2026, CWS","sourceUrl":"https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2310427&lang=2&reg=48","locator":"Snapshot; section A, “Female Labour Force Participation exhibits upward momentum”","notes":"All India, rural and urban combined, women aged 15+. The denominator is the female population in that age group. Keep this CWS figure separate from annual usual-status measures.","displayScale":"percent","decimals":1,"shortUnit":""}],"displayTitle":"PLFS: how population connects with work","category":"Labour force survey","theme":"survey","agencyShort":"NSO / MoSPI","cardPeriod":"August 2026","statusLabel":"CWS · age 15+ · rural + urban","question":"What share of people are working or in the labour force?","topics":["work"],"aliases":["jobs","employment","unemployment","worker","labour force","labor force","LFPR","WPR"],"headlineMetric":"india-lfpr-cws-august-2026","guide":"india-after-2011-which-data-to-use","related":["nfhs-6","population-projections"],"analysis":["The monthly bulletin offers a recent view of participation in work. Its Current Weekly Status classification refers to the seven days preceding each interview.","Labour force participation and the worker population ratio use the relevant population as their denominator. Unemployment uses the labour force instead. A 5.0% unemployment rate is not a claim that 5.0% of all people in India are unemployed."],"readingNotes":["All selected figures concern people aged 15 and above and combine rural and urban India.","Monthly Current Weekly Status and annual usual-status measures use different observation windows.","PLFS changed its sampling design from January 2025. Read the methodology before comparing across that change."],"additionalSources":[{"label":"MoSPI PLFS Annual Report 2025: definitions and comparability notes","url":"https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/latestReleases/latest_release_1774607827733_3e8964a9-268b-4cc9-ad65-cfc8a9e32f08_Press_note_AR_PLFS_2025_23032025_V2.1_26032026_final.pdf"}],"verifiedDate":"2026-10-11"}]}