India Population (2024) - Worldometer (2024)

The current population of India is 1,455,026,815 as of Friday, October 25, 2024, based on Worldometer's elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
India 2024 population is estimated at 1,450,935,791 people at mid year.
India population is equivalent to 17.78% of the total world population.
India ranks number 1 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in India is 488 per Km² (1,264 people per mi²).
The total land area is 2,973,190 Km2 (1,147,955 sq. miles).
36.6 % of the population is urban (530,387,142 people in 2024).
The median age in India is 28.4 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of India (2024 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
2024	1,450,935,791	0.89 %	12,866,195	-630,830	28.4	1.96	488	36.6 %	530,387,142	17.78 %	8,161,972,572	1
2023	1,438,069,596	0.89 %	12,646,384	-979,179	28.1	1.98	484	36.0 %	518,239,122	17.77 %	8,091,734,930	1
2022	1,425,423,212	0.79 %	11,219,316	-1,353,478	27.7	1.99	479	35.5 %	506,304,869	17.77 %	8,021,407,192	1
2020	1,402,617,695	0.98 %	13,587,383	-73,806	27.0	2.05	472	34.4 %	483,098,640	17.78 %	7,887,001,292	2
2015	1,328,024,498	1.32 %	16,908,587	-655,085	25.3	2.29	447	32.3 %	429,069,459	17.78 %	7,470,491,872	2
2010	1,243,481,564	1.49 %	17,761,048	-50,905	23.6	2.60	418	30.6 %	380,744,554	17.71 %	7,021,732,148	2
2005	1,154,676,322	1.77 %	19,350,718	-929,454	22.2	2.96	388	29.0 %	334,479,406	17.53 %	6,586,970,132	2
2000	1,057,922,733	1.96 %	19,524,338	-143,960	21.2	3.35	356	27.5 %	291,350,282	17.14 %	6,171,702,993	2
1995	960,301,044	2.11 %	19,065,765	-57,297	20.3	3.65	323	26.6 %	255,558,824	16.68 %	5,758,878,982	2
1990	864,972,221	2.28 %	18,464,886	125,514	19.7	4.05	291	25.7 %	222,296,728	16.24 %	5,327,803,110	2
1985	772,647,793	2.37 %	17,058,754	-89,991	19.3	4.43	260	24.6 %	190,321,782	15.87 %	4,868,943,465	2
1980	687,354,025	2.37 %	15,208,898	210,914	18.9	4.78	231	23.4 %	160,941,941	15.45 %	4,447,606,236	2
1975	611,309,535	2.29 %	13,089,053	434,205	18.4	5.20	206	21.7 %	132,533,810	15.02 %	4,070,735,277	2
1970	545,864,268	2.18 %	11,144,824	233,782	18.1	5.62	184	20.0 %	109,388,950	14.77 %	3,694,683,794	2
1965	490,140,146	2.37 %	10,829,962	-248,299	18.5	5.94	165	19.1 %	93,493,844	14.70 %	3,334,533,703	2
1960	435,990,338	2.38 %	9,657,890	146,955	19.2	5.92	147	18.5 %	80,565,723	14.46 %	3,015,470,894	2
1955	387,700,887	2.29 %	8,284,413	70,393	19.7	5.91	130	18.6 %	71,958,495	14.15 %	2,740,213,792	2

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

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
2025	1,463,865,525	0.86 %	12,249,566	-495,753	28.8	1.94	492	37.1 %	542,742,539	17.78 %	8,231,613,070	1
2030	1,525,138,844	0.82 %	12,254,664	-388,547	30.8	1.88	513	39.8 %	607,341,981	17.80 %	8,569,124,911	1
2035	1,578,694,796	0.69 %	10,711,190	-370,451	32.7	1.84	531	42.8 %	675,456,367	17.77 %	8,885,210,181	1
2040	1,622,580,039	0.55 %	8,777,049	-399,517	34.7	1.80	546	45.9 %	744,380,367	17.68 %	9,177,190,203	1
2045	1,656,067,583	0.41 %	6,697,509	-368,009	36.5	1.78	557	49.0 %	811,749,463	17.54 %	9,439,639,668	1
2050	1,679,589,259	0.28 %	4,704,335		38.3	1.77	565	52.2 %	876,613,025	17.38 %	9,664,378,587	1

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

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	8,443,675
4	Hyderabad	6,809,970
5	Ahmedabad	6,357,693
6	Chennai	4,681,087
7	Kolkata	4,631,392
8	Surat	4,591,246
9	Pune	3,124,458
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	Coimbatore	2,136,916
16	Indore	1,837,041
17	Vadodara	1,822,221
18	Kallakurichi	1,682,687
19	Patna	1,599,920
20	Bhopal	1,599,914
21	Ludhiana	1,545,368
22	Madurai	1,465,625
23	Tirunelveli	1,435,844
24	Agra	1,430,055
25	Rajkot	1,390,640
26	Najafgarh	1,365,000
27	Jamshedpur	1,339,438
28	Gorakhpur	1,324,570
29	Nashik	1,289,497
30	Pimpri	1,284,606
31	Kalyan	1,262,255
32	Thane	1,261,517
33	Meerut	1,223,184
34	Nowrangapur	1,220,946
35	Faridabad	1,220,229
36	Ghaziabad	1,199,191
37	Dhanbad	1,196,214
38	Dombivli	1,193,000
39	Varanasi	1,164,404
40	Ranchi	1,120,374
41	Amritsar	1,092,450
42	Prayagraj	1,073,438
43	Visakhapatnam	1,063,178
44	Teni	1,034,724
45	Jabalpur	1,030,168
46	Haora	1,027,672
47	Tiruchirappalli	1,022,518
48	Sambhaji Nagar	1,016,441
49	Shivaji Nagar	1,000,000
50	Sholapur	997,281
51	Srinagar	975,857
52	Tiruppur	963,173
53	Chandigarh	960,787
54	Jodhpur	921,476
55	Salem	917,414
56	Guwahati	899,094
57	Gwalior	882,458
58	Vijayawada	874,587
59	Bhiwandi	874,032
60	Mysore	868,313
61	Rohini	860,000
62	Kanayannur	851,406
63	Hubli	840,214
64	Bhubaneswar	837,000
65	Narela	800,000
66	Jalandhar	785,178
67	Thiruvananthapuram	784,153
68	Kota	763,088
69	Aligarh	753,207
70	Bareilly	745,435

Notes

The India Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of India delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of India (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by India in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.