India’s Hindu population is declining rapidly, Muslim population rises from 1950-2015: EAC-PM paper

New Delhi: India may have a large Hindu population, but its numbers are declining rapidly. At the same time, the population of Muslims from the minority community is constantly increasing. This has been revealed in a report.

According to the report, the population of the majority Hindus in India has registered a major decline in the period of 65 years from 1950 to 2015. During this period, the share of Hindus has decreased by 6 percent.

At the same time, comparing other countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh, the share of majority Muslims in the population has increased rapidly, revealed a government study.

The data related to this is available on the site of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council. It gives information about the changes in the population 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 declined 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% and the share of Sikhs has increased by 6.58%. Not only this, the participation of Buddhists has increased. The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Committee in its report has studied a total of 167 countries.