Between 1949 and 1976, while the country was rapidly developing, the number of farms in Germany declined by 50%, while the average size of farms jumped from near 8 hectares to more than 30 hectares. Technological changes on the farm allowed farmers to expand production with fewer workers. Between 1971 and the 2005, average farm size fell by 50% in India from 2.3 to 1.2 hectares, with a doubling of the number of smallholders from 49 million to 108 million.