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Mention the salient demographic indicators of China, Pakistan and India.



Answer -

We shall compare some demographic indicators of India, China and Pakistan.

  1. The population of Pakistan is very small and accounts for roughly about one-tenth of China or India.
  2.  Though China is the largest nation geographically among the three, its density is the lowest.
  3.  The population growth is highest in Pakistan followed by India and China. One-child norm introduced in China in the late 1970s is the major reason for low population growth. They also state that this measure led to a decline in the sex ratio, that is, the proportion of females per 1000 males.
  4.  The sex ratio is low and biased against females in all the three countries. There is strong son- preference prevailing in 11 these countries.
  5.  The fertility rate is low in China and very high in Pakistan.
  6. Urbanisation is high in both Pakistan and China with India having 28 per cent of its people living in urban areas.

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