Auroville’s population figures for 2015 have finally arrived. Were they worth waiting for? Not really. The overall population has increased by – wait for it – a grand, or not so grand, total of 55, which is an annual growth rate of a shade over 2%, almost one percentage point less than last year. No wonder the Growth Action Group dissolved itself in July, presumably in despair.Almost two thirds of the increase is due to an increase in
the populations of our two most populous nationalities, Indians and French,
which added 19 and 15 nationals respectively. The Indian proportion of the
whole is slightly down, at 42.5%, but Indian, French and Germans still make up
two thirds of our total population. And
we call this an ‘international’ community…
So who were the gainers and the losers? The Spanish saw the biggest percentage rise
(10%) but that only represents five extra Iberians. The Dutch also added five,
the Italians four, the Koreans and Canadians three, the U...
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