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阅读理解
India has a population of about 1.32
billion. Its population is the second largest in the world. China has the
largest population of about 1.4 billion. About one sixth of people on this
planet live in India. Although the crown(王冠) of the
country which has the largest population has been on China's head for several
years, India will take the position by 2024.With the population growth rate(率) at 1.2%, India will have more than 1.5 billion people by the end
of 2030.
Now more than 50% of India's population are
below the age of 25 and over 65%are below the age of 35.About 72.2%of the
population live in villages.
Some of the reasons for India's quickly
growing population are poverty, illiteracy(无知) , decrease
in the death rate and immigration(移民) from Bangladesh
and Nepal. India started taking measures to stop the growth rate quite early.
India had the" National Family Planning Program" in 1952. It became
the first country in the world to have a population policy. However, it failed
to reach the final goal(目标) .
