Alice, Olivia and Will
Definition of ANTI
NATALIST:
The policy of the
government to slow the
population growth by
attempting to limit the
number of births
INDIA
Background information
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India has had a sudden fall in death rate due to
improvements in food supply, hygiene and
medical care
High birth rate means there has been a dramatic
increase in population
Contraceptives and family planning were
available to families
In 1972, abortions were allowed by law and
sterilization programmes became widespread
INDIA’S POPULATION
STATISTICS
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The population in India at 0:00 hours in the 1st of March
stood at 1,027,015,247 persons, crossing the one billion
mark
Between 1991 and 2001, the population grew by 21.34 %
Males = 531, 277, 078
Females = 495, 738, 169
Although India only occupies 2.4% of the world’s land area,
it supports 15% of the world’s population
Almost 40% of Indians are younger than 15
The magnitude of the annual increase in population can be
seen in the fact that India adds almost the total population
of Australia every year
Between 1947 and 1991, India’s population more than
doubled
In 1901, India counted 77 persons per sq km
In 1981, there was 216 persons per sq km
INDIA’S FACTS
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At the beginning on the century, endemic disease, periodic
epidemics and families kept the death rate high…enough to
balance out the high birth rate
Between 1911 and 1920, the birth and death rates were
virtually equal; about 48 births and 48 deaths per 1000
By the mid 1990s, the estimated birth rate had fallen to 28
per 1000
The estimated death rate had fallen to 10 per 1000
The future configuration of India’s population depends on
what happens to the birth rate
Even the most optimistic projections do not suggest that
the birth rate could drop below 20 per 1000
POPULATION INCREASE
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In 1981, the population census showed that there were 12
million more people than the government thought
India is a democracy so laws could not be introduced to
limit the number of babies born
There is a nation wide campaign persuading people to have
less babies
Contraception, such as the pill and the coil are being used
to limit birth rates
THE POLICY
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The anti natalist policy was unpopular and ended
in 1977
In 1978, the legal age of marriage was raised
from 15 to 18 but this was ignored
Only 25% of women use contraception
In 1952, India was the first country in the world
to launch the national programme, emphasising
family planning to the extent necessary to reduce
birth rate to stable
India launched its policy through mass media e.g.
radio and TV ads
EFFECTS OF THE POLICY
To solve the population problems, the
Indian government must quickly
administer population regulations so that
couples have on average two children
 The governments persuasive campaign for
two child families and India’s obsession
with having sons has lad to an increase in
woman abortion female foetuses so make
sure they have a boy, if not two
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INDIA V CHINA
POPULATION PROJECTIONS
FOR INDIA (millions)
March
1991
846.3
March
2001
1012.4
March
2011
1178.9
March
2016
1263.5
India’s demographic achievement due to the policy
• Reduced crude birth rate form 40.8 in 1951, to 26.4 in
1998
• Quadrupled the couple protection rate
• Reduced crude death rate
• Achieved nearly universal awareness of the need for family
planning
• Halved infant mortality rate from 146 per 1000 in 1951, to
72 per 1000 live births in 1998
POPULATION DENSITY, by Will –
well researched
PROPAGANDA POSTERS
CONCLUSION
 Due
to the policy, birth rate has
declined but there is still natural
increase
 Infant mortality has been
reduced as has death rate,
therefore there is still a slight
increase in the population