Demography
The population of Nagaland is nearly two million people. The population mostly consists of Agriculturalist and around 75% of the population live in the rural areas. About one-third of this rural population can be considered to be below the poverty line. Among the people living in urban areas one-fifth of them are below the poverty line.
| Population change | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1951 | 213,000 |
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| 1961 | 369,000 | 73.2% | |
| 1971 | 516,000 | 39.8% | |
| 1981 | 775,000 | 50.2% | |
| 1991 | 1,210,000 | 56.1% | |
| 2001 | 1,990,000 | 64.5% | |
| 2011 | 1,980,602 | -0.5% | |
| Source:Census of India | |||
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