Demography
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India vs. Pakistan in one graph
X.T.M argues that GDP per capita, not total GDP, is the right India–Pakistan comparison. India overtook Pakistan after 2009, he says, because Pakistan’s higher fertility grew its population faster, while…
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Review: Pakistan: Courting the Abyss by Tilak Devasher, a 10 year retrospective
A ten-year retrospective on Tilak Devasher’s Pakistan: Courting the Abyss, comparing its projections with current figures on the army, economy, population and water. The reviewer judges the book’s trajectories largely…
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Two Colonisations, One Border: What the Data Actually Says About Bengal’s Post-1971 Demographic Story
X.T.M argues census data tell two stories of demographic change in eastern India: Bengali Hindus settled Tripura with state sanction, while Muslim growth in Assam and Bengal border districts is…
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The Changing Demographics of Undivided India (1900–2025)
The author charts Muslims’ share of undivided India’s population, from about 20% in 1900 to roughly 33% in 2025. He credits higher fertility and partition migration, and argues falling fertility,…
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India’s Demographic Nervous System: Partition, Federalism, and the Fear of Muslim Majority Provinces
The author suggests that post-Partition India’s large states were calibrated to avoid creating new Muslim-majority provinces, and links that anxiety to Kashmir’s special status and the origins of its insurgency,…
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South India Makes British India Hindu?
The author argues that had South India separated in 1947, the rest of British India would today be a Muslim-majority bloc, citing population figures, and suggests the South’s inclusion kept…
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Fear of a Bihari nation
A note on diverging fertility in neighbouring regions: Bihar at about 3.0 against West Bengal at 1.6, suggesting West Bengal’s earlier population growth reflected the arrival of Hindus from East…
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The once and future India
The author compiled total fertility rates by administrative division across India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, noting that India is a big country with, for example, Uttar Pradesh near 3.1 and West…
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Total fertility rate map in South Asia
A short post sharing a map of total fertility rates across South Asia, noting interesting subregional trends.
