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At present, it has the seventh largest population among Indian states. As of March 2001, the figure stood at 60,385,118, registering a decadal growth of 24.34 percent over the previous census.

MP’s natural population growth rate — difference between birth and death rates — is 15.7, ranking it behind only Bihar (19.0) and Uttar Pradesh (17.8). The national average stands at 11.8.