Even though there is a large population of Hindus in India, their number is decreasing rapidly. At the same time, the population of the minority community Muslims is continuously increasing. This has been revealed in a report.
According to the report, a major decline in the population of majority Hindus has been recorded in India in the period of 65 years from 1950 to 2015. The share of Hindus has declined by 6 percent during this period.
On the other hand, if we compare other countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, the share of majority Muslims in the population has increased rapidly there. This truth has come to light in a government study. The figures related to this are available on the website of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council.
It provides information about the changes in the demography in India between 1950 and 2015. According to the study, on the one hand the share of Hindus in India has decreased, while on the other hand the population of minority Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Sikhs has increased. The share of Jains and Parsis in the population has also decreased during this period. According to the study, the share of Muslims in the population has increased by 5 percent during this period. Apart from this, the share of Christians has increased by 5.38, Sikhs by 6.58. Not only this, the share of Buddhists has increased. The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee has studied a total of 167 countries in its report.
Decreased in Myanmar and Nepal too
In Myanmar, the share of the majority Buddhist community in the population has decreased by 10 percent during this period. Whereas in India, the share of Hindus in the population has decreased by 6.8 percent. In Nepal too, the share of majority Hindus in the population has decreased by 3.6 percent. Muslims increased in Pakistan
The share of Muslims in Bangladesh has increased by 18.5 percent. Whereas, there has been an increase of 3.75 percent in Pakistan and 0.29 percent in Afghanistan. In Bhutan, the population of majority Buddhists has increased by 17.6 in 65 years, whereas in Sri Lanka this figure is 5.25 percent.