India Population

• The current population of India is 1,353,645,944 as of Saturday, June 23, 2018, based on the latest United Nations estimates.
• India population is equivalent to 17.74% of the total world population.
• India ranks number 2 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
• The population density in India is 455 per Km2 (1,180 people per mi2).
• The total land area is 2,973,190 Km2 (1,147,955 sq. miles)
• 33.2 % of the population is urban (449,945,237 people in 2018)
• The median age in India is 27.0 years.

Population of India (2018 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
2018	1,354,051,854	1.11 %	14,871,727	-490,000	27.0	2.41	455	32.5 %	449,945,237	17.74 %	7,632,819,325	2
2017	1,339,180,127	1.13 %	15,008,773	-490,000	27.0	2.41	450	32.8 %	439,801,466	17.74 %	7,550,262,101	2
2016	1,324,171,354	1.15 %	15,117,374	-490,000	27.0	2.41	445	32.5 %	429,802,441	17.73 %	7,466,964,280	2
2015	1,309,053,980	1.24 %	15,614,658	-515,643	26.7	2.44	440	32.1 %	419,938,867	17.73 %	7,383,008,820	2
2010	1,230,980,691	1.47 %	17,372,403	-582,766	25.1	2.80	414	30.3 %	372,901,884	17.69 %	6,958,169,159	2
2005	1,144,118,674	1.67 %	18,213,552	-390,182	23.8	3.14	385	28.8 %	329,516,783	17.49 %	6,542,159,383	2
2000	1,053,050,912	1.86 %	18,513,623	-143,380	22.7	3.48	354	27.4 %	288,365,219	17.14 %	6,145,006,989	2
1995	960,482,795	2.00 %	18,069,863	-110,587	21.8	3.83	323	26.5 %	254,314,016	16.70 %	5,751,474,416	2
1990	870,133,480	2.17 %	17,693,362	9,029	21.1	4.27	293	25.5 %	221,979,229	16.32 %	5,330,943,460	2
1985	781,666,671	2.33 %	16,976,631	116,619	20.6	4.68	263	24.4 %	190,338,784	16.04 %	4,873,781,796	2
1980	696,783,517	2.32 %	15,096,359	231,436	20.2	4.97	234	23.2 %	161,445,950	15.63 %	4,458,411,534	2
1975	621,301,720	2.34 %	13,544,641	428,664	19.8	5.41	209	21.4 %	132,732,329	15.23 %	4,079,087,198	2
1970	553,578,513	2.15 %	11,175,230	-69,036	19.4	5.72	186	19.8 %	109,709,315	14.96 %	3,700,577,650	2
1965	497,702,365	2.06 %	9,644,351	-21,142	20.8	5.90	167	18.8 %	93,540,800	14.90 %	3,339,592,688	2
1960	449,480,608	1.89 %	8,042,311	-30,805	20.3	5.90	151	17.9 %	80,586,315	14.82 %	3,033,212,527	2
1955	409,269,055	1.69 %	6,588,771	-21,142	20.8	5.90	138	17.6 %	71,906,548	14.76 %	2,772,242,535	2

India Population Forecast

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	1,383,197,753	1.11 %	14,828,755	-490,000	28.2	2.30	465	34.0 %	470,726,086	17.74 %	7,795,482,309	2
2025	1,451,829,004	0.97 %	13,726,250	-400,000	29.8	2.19	488	36.2 %	525,459,048	17.74 %	8,185,613,757	1
2030	1,512,985,207	0.83 %	12,231,241	-400,000	31.4	2.10	509	38.5 %	583,038,483	17.69 %	8,551,198,644	1
2035	1,564,570,223	0.67 %	10,317,003	-400,000	33.0	2.02	526	41.1 %	642,296,787	17.59 %	8,892,701,940	1
2040	1,605,355,574	0.52 %	8,157,070	-400,000	34.5	1.95	540	43.7 %	701,357,654	17.43 %	9,210,337,004	1
2045	1,636,496,308	0.38 %	6,228,147	-400,000	36.1	1.90	550	46.4 %	758,961,289	17.22 %	9,504,209,572	1
2050	1,658,978,162	0.27 %	4,496,371	-400,000	37.5	1.86	558	49.1 %	814,398,506	16.98 %	9,771,822,753	1