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Youth population percent increased from 17.2 % to 23% in India

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July 14, 2022
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The proportion of unmarried persons within the age bracket of 15-29 years has increased to 23 percent in 2019 from 17.2 percent in 2011, according to a government survey.



As per the National Youth Policy 2014, those aged 15 to 29 years are classified as youth.

The latest report of the National Statistical Office stated that the percentage share of the youth population (15-29 years) who are never married has shown an increasing trend in the male population from 20.8 percent in 2011 to 26.1 percent in 2019 and a similar trend has been observed in case of the female population.

The proportion of unmarried females rose from 13.5 percent in 2011 to 19.9 percent.

In 2019, the highest percentage share of the youth population who are never married has been observed in the States/UTs of Jammu & Kashmir followed by Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, and Punjab and the lowest have been observed in the States/UTs of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, it stated.

However, the report did not attribute any reason for rising in the proportion of unmarried youth.

It stated that early marriage in India has been declining over time.

The data showed that among the adolescent women (15-19 years), 1.7 percent of women have been first married by the age of 15 years during 2019-21 as compared to 11.9 percent in 2005-06.

Age at marriage also seems to have increased over the years. A significant reduction has been observed in the level of age at first marriage for women in the 25-29 years age cohort as only 52.8 percent of women have been first married by the age of 20 years during 2019-2021 as compared to 72.4 percent in 2005-06, it stated.

Men tend to marry considerably later than women in India since 42.9 percent of males in the 25-29 years age cohort were first married by the age of 25 years in 2019-21. This percentage was almost double at 83 percent for females. The percentage of the population who never married also has increased among both males and females in all age groups over the years.

The median age at first marriage increased steadily from 17.4 years in 2005-06 to 19.7 years in 2019-21 for women in the 25-29 age cohort.

A similar trend has also been observed for the median age at first cohabitation in the same age cohort during the same period.

It showed that the more educated the woman is, the higher the median age at first marriage, with the median among women aged 25-29 who have completed 12 or more years of education exceeding the median age among women having no schooling by 5.5 years during 2019-21.

Further, one good thing is the median age at marriage has increased by two years for women with no schooling and by 1.2 years for those who have not even completed their primary education during this period, it stated.

The percentage of women aged 20-24 years married before age 18 years in the country has halved in the last 15 years from 47 percent in 2005-2006 to 23 percent in 2019-21. Similarly, teenage pregnancy and motherhood have declined from 16 percent to 7 percent during the same period, it stated.

India’s population, which reached 1,211 million in 2011 and is projected to reach 1,363 million in 2021 makes India one of the youngest countries in the world, with 27.3 percent of its population aged 15 29 years, i.e., youth (Report of Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011-2036, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare), it stated.

In terms of absolute numbers, between 2011 and 2036, because of the declining fertility and increasing life expectancy, the population pyramid of the country will undergo a shift, it stated.

While the proportion of the population aged under 15 years is projected to decline, the elderly in the population is expected to increase, it also stated.

However, it stated that the youth population is expected to increase initially but will start to decline in the latter half of the 2011-2036 period.

The total youth population increased from 222.7 Million in 1991 to 333.4 Million in 2011 and is projected to reach 371.4 Million by 2021 and thereafter decrease to 345.5 million by 2036, it said.

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