India Population (LIVE) 1,387,025,486 India Population (1950 - 2020)

 

951 1.61 1952 1.68 1953 1.73 1954 1.78 1955 1.81 1956 1.84 1957 1.88 1958 1.91 1959 1.94 1960 1.98 1961 2.02 1962 2.05 1963 2.08 1964 2.09 1965 2.1 1966 2.11 1967 2.11 1968 2.14 1969 2.18 1970 2.23 1971 2.28 1972 2.33 1973 2.35 1974 2.36 1975 2.35 1976 2.33 1977 2.32 1978 2.31 1979 2.32 1980 2.34 1981 2.35 1982 2.36 1983 2.35 1984 2.32 1985 2.29 1986 2.25 1987 2.21 1988 2.17 1989 2.13 1990 2.1 1991 2.06 1992 2.02 1993 1.99 1994 1.96 1995 1.94 1996 1.91 1997 1.89 1998 1.86 1999 1.82 2000 1.78 2001 1.74 2002 1.7 2003 1.67 2004 1.63 2005 1.59 2006 1.56 2007 1.52 2008 1.48 2009 1.42 2010 1.36 2011 1.3 2012 1.24 2013 1.19 2014 1.15 2015 1.12 2016 1.1 2017 1.07 2018 1.04 2019 1.02 2020 0.99

The current population of India is 1,386,864,002 as of Sunday, January 3, 2021, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data.

• India 2020 population is estimated at 1,380,004,385 people at mid year according to UN data.
• India population is equivalent to 17.7% of the total world population.
• India ranks number 2 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in India is 464 per Km² (1,202 people per mi²).
• The total land area is 2,973,190 Km2 (1,147,955 sq. miles)
• 35.0 % of the population is urban (483,098,640 people in 2020)
• The median age in India is 28.4 years.

Population of India (2020 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	India Global Rank
2020	1,380,004,385	0.99 %	13,586,631	-532,687	28.4	2.24	464	35.0 %	483,098,640	17.70 %	7,794,798,739	2
2019	1,366,417,754	1.02 %	13,775,474	-532,687	27.1	2.36	460	34.5 %	471,828,295	17.71 %	7,713,468,100	2
2018	1,352,642,280	1.04 %	13,965,495	-532,687	27.1	2.36	455	34.1 %	460,779,764	17.73 %	7,631,091,040	2
2017	1,338,676,785	1.07 %	14,159,536	-532,687	27.1	2.36	450	33.6 %	449,963,381	17.74 %	7,547,858,925	2
2016	1,324,517,249	1.10 %	14,364,846	-532,687	27.1	2.36	445	33.2 %	439,391,699	17.75 %	7,464,022,049	2
2015	1,310,152,403	1.20 %	15,174,247	-470,015	26.8	2.40	441	32.7 %	429,069,459	17.75 %	7,379,797,139	2
2010	1,234,281,170	1.47 %	17,334,249	-531,169	25.1	2.80	415	30.8 %	380,744,554	17.74 %	6,956,823,603	2
2005	1,147,609,927	1.67 %	18,206,876	-377,797	23.8	3.14	386	29.1 %	334,479,406	17.54 %	6,541,907,027	2
2000	1,056,575,549	1.85 %	18,530,592	-136,514	22.7	3.48	355	27.6 %	291,350,282	17.20 %	6,143,493,823	2
1995	963,922,588	1.99 %	18,128,958	-110,590	21.8	3.83	324	26.5 %	255,558,824	16.78 %	5,744,212,979	2
1990	873,277,798	2.17 %	17,783,558	9,030	21.1	4.27	294	25.5 %	222,296,728	16.39 %	5,327,231,061	2
1985	784,360,008	2.33 %	17,081,433	115,942	20.6	4.68	264	24.3 %	190,321,782	16.10 %	4,870,921,740	2
1980	698,952,844	2.32 %	15,169,989	222,247	20.2	4.97	235	23.0 %	160,941,941	15.68 %	4,458,003,514	2
1975	623,102,897	2.33 %	13,582,621	421,208	19.7	5.41	210	21.3 %	132,533,810	15.27 %	4,079,480,606	2
1970	555,189,792	2.15 %	11,213,294	-68,569	19.3	5.72	187	19.7 %	109,388,950	15.00 %	3,700,437,046	2
1965	499,123,324	2.07 %	9,715,129	-17,078	19.6	5.89	168	18.7 %	93,493,844	14.95 %	3,339,583,597	2
1960	450,547,679	1.91 %	8,133,417	-30,805	20.2	5.90	152	17.9 %	80,565,723	14.85 %	3,034,949,748	2
1955	409,880,595	1.72 %	6,711,079	-21,140	20.7	5.90	138	17.6 %	71,958,495	14.78 %	2,773,019,936	2

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

India Population Forecast

-413,437

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	India Global Rank
2020	1,380,004,385	1.04 %	13,970,396	-532,687	28.4	2.24	464	35.0 %	483,098,640	17.70 %	7,794,798,739	2
2025	1,445,011,620	0.92 %	13,001,447	-464,081	30.0	2.24	486	37.6 %	542,742,539	17.66 %	8,184,437,460	2
2030	1,503,642,322	0.80 %	11,726,140	-440,124	31.7	2.24	506	40.4 %	607,341,981	17.59 %	8,548,487,400	1
2035	1,553,723,810	0.66 %	10,016,298	-415,732	33.3	2.24	523	43.5 %	675,456,367	17.48 %	8,887,524,213	1
2040	1,592,691,513	0.50 %	7,793,541	-415,736	35.0	2.24	536	46.7 %	744,380,367	17.31 %	9,198,847,240	1
2045	1,620,619,200	0.35 %	5,585,537	-414,772	36.6	2.24	545	50.1 %	811,749,463	17.09 %	9,481,803,274	1
2050	1,639,176,033	0.23 %	3,711,367		38.1	2.24	551	53.5 %	876,613,025	16.84 %	9,735,033,990	1

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

India Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of India

Life Expectancy

70.42 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

26.6

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

32.9

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in India

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Mumbai	12,691,836
2	Delhi	10,927,986
3	Bengaluru	5,104,047
4	Kolkata	4,631,392
5	Chennai	4,328,063
6	Ahmedabad	3,719,710
7	Hyderabad	3,597,816
8	Pune	2,935,744
9	Surat	2,894,504
10	Kanpur	2,823,249
11	Jaipur	2,711,758
12	Navi Mumbai	2,600,000
13	Lucknow	2,472,011
14	Nagpur	2,228,018
15	Indore	1,837,041
16	Patna	1,599,920
17	Bhopal	1,599,914
18	Ludhiana	1,545,368
19	Tirunelveli	1,435,844
20	Agra	1,430,055
21	Vadodara	1,409,476
22	Gorakhpur	1,324,570
23	Nashik	1,289,497
24	Pimpri	1,284,606
25	Kalyan	1,262,255
26	Thane	1,261,517
27	Meerut	1,223,184
28	Nowrangapur	1,220,946
29	Faridabad	1,220,229
30	Ghaziabad	1,199,191
31	Dombivli	1,193,000
32	Rajkot	1,177,362
33	Varanasi	1,164,404
34	Amritsar	1,092,450
35	Allahabad	1,073,438
36	Visakhapatnam	1,063,178
37	Teni	1,034,724
38	Jabalpur	1,030,168
39	Haora	1,027,672
40	Aurangabad	1,016,441
41	Shivaji Nagar	1,000,000
42	Solapur	997,281
43	Srinagar	975,857
44	Chandigarh	960,787
45	Coimbatore	959,823
46	Jodhpur	921,476
47	Madurai	909,908
48	Guwahati	899,094
49	Gwalior	882,458
50	Vijayawada	874,587
51	Mysore	868,313
52	Ranchi	846,454
53	Hubli	840,214
54	Jalandhar	785,178
55	Thiruvananthapuram	784,153
56	Salem	778,396
57	Tiruchirappalli	775,484
58	Kota	763,088
59	Bhubaneshwar	762,243
60	Aligarh	753,207
61	Bareilly	745,435
62	Moradabad	721,139
63	Bhiwandi	707,035
64	Raipur	679,995
65	Gorakhpur	674,246
66	Bhilai	625,138
67	Jamshedpur	616,338
68	Borivli	609,617
69	Cochin	604,696
70	Amravati	603,837