TY - BOOK ED - Institute for Social and Economic Change (Bangalore) TI - Population Projection for Karnataka: 1981 - 2001 U1 - 5487 SD:304.62 23 PY - 1985/// CY - Bangalore PB - ISEC KW - KarnatakaPopulation Projection KW - Migration KW - Population Growth KW - Demography KW - Growth and Decline N1 - The population of Karnataka is likely to be in the neighbourhood of 55 million at the turn of the country . The Population would be lower if there is less migration than in the recent past and if the acceptance of contraceptives increases steadily and this increase is sustained throughout the period. In that case the net reproduction rate will be very close to 1, indicating replacement level fertility. If the acceptance of contraceptives does not increase significantly fertility rates will not decline much during thr 1990s and the population will be higher. ER -