Population size and Sex Ratio in 30 most Populated Countries

Country or area	Year	Population (in thousands)			Sex ratio
		Total	Women	Men	Women/100 men
China	2011	1 347 565	647 934	699 631	93
India	2011	1 241 492	600 477	641 015	94
United States of America	2011	313 085	158 524	154 562	103
Indonesia	2011	242 326	121 507	120 819	101
Brazil	2011	196 655	99 910	96 745	103
Pakistan	2011	176 745	86 937	89 808	97
Nigeria	2011	162 471	80 199	82 271	97
Bangladesh	2011	150 494	74 338	76 155	98
Russian Federation	2011	142 836	76 773	66 063	116
Japan	2011	126 497	64 888	61 609	105
Mexico	2011	114 793	58 181	56 612	103
Philippines	2011	94 852	47 285	47 567	99
Viet Nam	2011	88 792	44 886	43 906	102
Ethiopia	2011	84 734	42 562	42 172	101
Egypt	2011	82 537	41 095	41 442	99
Germany	2011	82 163	41 870	40 293	104
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2011	74 799	36 866	37 933	97
Turkey	2011	73 640	36 916	36 724	101
Thailand	2011	69 519	35 361	34 157	104
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2011	67 758	34 057	33 701	101
France	2011	63 126	32 401	30 725	105
United Kingdom	2011	62 417	31 683	30 734	103
Italy	2011	60 789	31 024	29 764	104
South Africa	2011	50 460	25 458	25 002	102
Republic of Korea	2011	48 391	24 270	24 121	101
Myanmar	2011	48 337	24 517	23 819	103
Colombia	2011	46 927	23 847	23 080	103
Spain	2011	46 455	23 507	22 947	102
United Republic of Tanzania	2011	46 218	23 125	23 094	100
Ukraine	2011	45 190	24 403	20 787	117
SOURCE: UNSD (Upto December 2011)

Female Employees in Central Government

Year	No. of Employees		Percentage of Female employees
	Female	Total
	(Figures in Lakh)
1	2	3	4
1971	0.67	26.99	2.51
1975	0.84	29.70	2.83
1980	1.17	33.21	3.53
1981	1.24	34.07	3.64
1982	1.32	34.78	3.80
1983	1.37	35.42	3.86
1984	1.42	36.14	3.93
1988	2.39	36.99	6.46
1989	2.47	37.48	6.60
1990	2.83	37.74	7.51
1991	2.89	38.13	7.58
1995	2.96	39.82	7.43
2001	2.92	38.76	7.53
2002	NA	NA	NA
2003	2.51	31.33	8.01
2004	3.06	31.64	9.68
2005	2.44	29.39	8.30
2006	3.20	31.16	10.28
2007	2.41	28.00	8.61
2008	3.14	31.12	10.09
2009	3.11	30.99	10.04
Source: Census of Central Government Employees, Directorate General of Employment and Training, Ministry of Labour.                  NA: Not Available.

Labour Force Participation Rate for Persons of Age 15 Years and Above in States/UTs: 2011-12

State/Union Territory	Rural		Urban
	Female	Male	Female	Male
1	2	3	4	5
Andhra Pradesh	61.8	80.8	25.5	73.1
Arunachal Pradesh	44.9	75.3	24.9	63.5
Assam	29.7	83.0	25.5	75.7
Bihar	23.5	79.1	14.5	75.3
Chhatisgarh	60.4	83.9	26.7	75.8
Delhi	13.3	70.0	16.2	75.2
Goa	33.7	75.9	20.8	68.3
Gujarat	37.9	83.5	10.1	76.3
Haryana	15.9	70.8	11.7	69.2
Himachal Pradesh	66.1	82.2	32.8	72.6
Jammu & Kashmir	18.2	70.9	14.1	76.2
Jharkhand	42.1	83.8	22.1	77.2
Karnataka	41.8	80.1	26.0	76.8
Kerala	27.8	72.4	29.3	71.2
Madhya Pradesh	39.4	82.7	16.4	73.9
Maharashtra	46.6	79.1	24.8	72.8
Manipur	60.9	76.3	44.9	56.9
Meghalaya	61.2	82.5	44.3	68.8
Mizoram	69.2	69.8	39.4	67.6
Nagaland	56.1	72.8	34.1	63.1
Orissa	27.1	79.3	13.1	76.5
Punjab	9.4	73.8	10.5	70.0
Rajasthan	36.3	75.8	10.3	67.1
Sikkim	58.7	79.0	48.9	76.0
Tamil Nadu	50.7	80.2	28.4	77.4
Tripura	45.2	85.5	37.5	80.9
Uttarakhand	25.9	71.9	14.8	72.2
Uttar Pradesh	13.9	78.0	7.6	72.6
West Bengal	26.7	82.8	17.8	71.9
A & N Islands	31.8	79.6	36.1	77.0
Chandigarh	16.7	79.4	10.8	75.7
D & N Haveli	22.8	86.3	25.3	84.2
Daman & Diu	22.1	82.6	16.5	67.8
Lakshadweep	9.7	69.6	14.8	72.6
Puducherry	31.3	71.6	28.1	83.6
All India	33.9	79.4	19.1	73.7
Source: Report on Employment and Unemployment Survey 2011-12, Ministry of Labour and Employment.
Notes: 1. Figures  relate to usual status principal and subsidiary workers.

Workforce Participation Rate

Year	Rural		Urban
	Female	Male	Female	Male
1	2	3	4	5
1972-73	31.8	54.5	13.4	50.1
1977-78	33.1	55.2	15.6	50.8
1983	34.0	54.7	15.1	51.2
1987-88	32.3	53.9	15.2	50.6
1993-94	32.8	55.3	15.5	52.1
1994-95a	31.7	56.0	13.6	51.9
1995-96a	29.5	55.1	12.4	52.5
1996-97a	29.1	55.0	13.1	52.1
1998a	26.3	53.9	11.4	50.9
1999-2000	29.9	53.1	13.9	51.8
2000-2001a	28.7	54.4	14.0	53.1
2001-2002a	31.4	54.6	13.9	55.3
2002a	28.1	54.6	14.0	53.4
2004-05	32.7	54.6	16.6	54.9
2005-06a	31.0	54.9	14.3	54.0
2007-08a	28.9	54.8	13.8	55.4
2009-10	26.1	54.7	13.8	54.3
Source: National Sample Survey Office.
Note :  Figures for all the years are based on usual status approach and includes principal status and subsidiary status workers of all ages.
a: Based on thin Sample.

Infant Mortality Rate

Year	Female	Male	Total
1	2	3	4
1989	90	92	91
1990	81	78	80
1991a	80	81	80
1992a	80	79	79
1993a	75	73	74
1994a	73	75	74
1995a	76	73	74
1996a	73	71	72
1997a	73	70	71
1998	73	70	72
1999	71	70	70
2000	69	67	68
2001	68	64	66
2002	65	62	63
2003	64	57	60
2004	58	58	58
2005	61	56	58
2006	59	56	57
2007	56	55	55
2008	55	52	53
2009	52	49	50
2010	49	46	47
Source: Sample Registration System (various years),Office of the Registrar General, India.
a: Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.

Sex Preference

State	Percentage of women who prefer more sons than daughters	Percentage of men who prefer more sons than daughters	Difference
1	2	3	4
Andhra Pradesh	9.3	12.0	2.7
Arunachal Pradesh	28.3	30.3	2.0
Assam	24.1	17.9	-6.2
Bihar1	39.2	38.5	-0.7
Chhatisgarh	32.8	24.8	-8.0
Delhi	11.7	11.7	0.0
Goa	8.7	11.4	2.7
Gujarat	22.7	20.0	-2.7
Haryana	22.0	18.4	-3.6
Himachal Pradesh	11.8	9.2	-2.6
Jammu & Kashmir	23.4	23.9	0.5
Jharkhand	28.1	24.6	-3.5
Karnataka	11.6	12.7	1.1
Kerala	11.0	11.8	0.8
Madhya Pradesh1	30.8	27.9	-2.9
Maharashtra	14.1	14.3	0.2
Manipur	28.5	34.7	6.2
Meghalaya	11.9	21.5	9.6
Mizoram	29.0	43.5	14.5
Nagaland	21.4	28.4	7.0
Orissa	24.2	20.3	-3.9
Punjab	17.7	13.4	-4.3
Rajasthan	34.3	24.0	-10.3
Sikkim	15.5	17.1	1.6
Tamil Nadu	5.7	7.9	2.2
Uttarakhand	20.7	13.6	-7.1
Uttar Pradesh1	33.5	27.8	-5.7
West Bengal	16.5	16.6	0.1
India	22.4	20.0	-2.4
Source: National Family Health Survey- III, 2005-06.
1: Data pertains to undivided State.

Mean Age at Marriage (in years)

Year	Female
1	2
1951	15.4
1961	16.1
1971	17.1
1981	17.9
1992*	19.5
1993*	19.6
1994*	19.4
1995*	19.4
1996*	19.4
1997*	19.5
1998	19.5
1999	19.6
2000	19.8
2001	19.9
2002	20.0
2003	20.1
2005	20.2
2006	20.5
2007	20.6
2008	20.7
2009	20.7
2010	21.0
Sources:
1. Population of India : ESCAP Country Monograph No. 10 and Female Age at Marriage; Census of India : Occasional Paper No. 7 of 1988,  Office of the Registrar General, India.
2. Sample Registration System, Office of the Registrar General, India .
Note: Figures for 1951, 1961, 1971 and 1981  are singulate mean age at marriage   based on  population census data. 1992 onwards figures are the mean age at effective marriage  based on  Sample Registration System.
*Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) and General Fertility Rate (GFR)

Year	Total Fertility Rate(TFR)			General Fertility Rate(GFR)
	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
1993a	3.8	2.8	3.5	125.2	93.5	116.6
1994a	3.8	2.7	3.5	128.6	89.7	118.3
1995a	3.9	2.6	3.5	126.7	87.3	117.0
1996a	3.7	2.4	3.4	122.7	81.5	112.5
1997a	3.6	2.4	3.3	119.5	80.7	109.9
1998	3.5	2.4	3.2	115.2	79.2	106.5
1999	3.5	2.3	3.2	112.8	77.6	103.2
2000	3.5	2.3	3.2	112.7	76.5	102.8
2001	3.4	2.3	3.1	108.6	74.4	99.5
2002	3.3	2.2	3.0	106.0	72.5	97.1
2003	3.2	2.2	3.0	103.5	71.9	95.3
2005	3.2	2.1	2.9	106.2	70.9	95.8
2006	3.1	2	2.8	103.4	69.1	93.3
2007	3.0	2.0	2.7	98.6	67.3	89.5
2008	2.9	2.0	2.6	96.9	66.5	88.0
2009	2.9	2.0	2.6	94.9	65.9	86.5
2010	2.8	1.9	2.5	91.9	64.0	83.9
Source: Sample Registration System, Office of the Registrar General, India.
a: Excludes Jammu and Kashmir.