While the Hindu population shrank in India, the of minorities, share including Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Sikhs, went up.
However, the number of Jains and Parsis in the population mix decreased.
Between 1950 and 2015, the Muslim population share in India surged by 43.15%, Christians saw a 5.38% increase, Sikhs a 6.58% rise, and Buddhists a marginal increase.
As against India's shrinking majority population, the majority Muslim population's share in the demographies of Pakistan and Bangladesh increased. Globally as many as 123 countries saw a dip in the share of their majority communities.
The shrinking of the majority population in India (by 7.8%) is the second most significant decline in the immediate neighbourhood, just after Myanmar's 10%.
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