Census

Year

Population

Population growth rate

% of older

Population

Total

60+

total

older

1952

8,256,625

409,761

-

-

5.00

1961

9,412,996

489,346

1.65

1.79

5.20

1971

11,555,983

621,597

2.07

2.42

5.40

1981

15,022,839

857,061

2.66

3.26

5.70

1991

18,491,097

1,071,234

2.10

2.26

5.80

2001

23,151,423

1,504,311

2.24

3.40

6.50

2011

26,494,504

2,154,003

1.35

3.59

8.13

2021

29,164,578

2,977,318

0.92

3.29

10.21