Hindu population: Is the percentage of Hindus in India's population gradually decreasing? Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM) said. In 1950, Hindus constituted 84.68 percent of the country's population, but by 2015, it had declined to 78.06 percent. It means that the share of Hindus in the population has decreased by 7.82 percent.
Raised Muslims..
At the same time, the percentage of Muslims in India's population increased. The Muslim population, which was 9.84 percent of India's population in 1950, has increased to 14.09 percent by 2015. If we look at the increase in the Muslim population, it has been reported as 43.15 percent. Between 1950-2015, the share of Christians and Sikhs has increased slightly. It has been revealed that the percentage of Jains and Parsees has decreased. It is believed that these changes indicate a favorable environment for promoting diversity in society.
Reasons for changes
The advisory council clarified some reasons for the changes in the population fluctuations. Policy actions, political decisions and social processes cause population ups and downs in society. The EAC-PM led by Shamika Ravi studied the situation in 167 countries around the world and prepared a report to this effect. However, the report did not mention the specific population of those categories.
The growth of religious majority in neighboring countries.
According to the latest report, India's neighboring countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Afghanistan in South Asia have a growing population of majority religious people. It said that the share of minorities has decreased significantly. Between 1950–2015, the share of the majority population increased in all Muslim-majority countries except the Maldives. The share of Shafi Sunnis, who are the majority in Maldives, has decreased by 1.47 percent. The share of majority religions in Bangladesh has increased by 18 percent. This is the highest increase in the Indian subcontinent. According to the report, the share of majority Hanafi Muslims in our cousin country Pakistan has increased by 3.75 percent. In terms of the share of Muslims in the overall mandate population, there has been an increase of 10 percent. In countries where non-Muslims are the majority, in Myanmar, India and Nepal, the share of the majority religion has decreased. And in the 35 stages with high income, the share of majority religious has declined by 29 percent on average. This is higher than the global average (22 percent).
