India: Population
Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop
- 2025
- 1.41 billionpeople
- Change on 2024
- +0.9%year on year
- Average growth, 2015–2025
- +1.0%a year
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Millions of people
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 1,493 | Forecast |
| 2030 | 1,482 | Forecast |
| 2029 | 1,463 | Forecast |
| 2028 | 1,453 | Forecast |
| 2027 | 1,443 | Forecast |
| 2026 | 1,434 | Forecast |
| 2025 | 1,414 | |
| 2024 | 1,401 | |
| 2023 | 1,389 | |
| 2022 | 1,376 | |
| 2021 | 1,362 | |
| 2020 | 1,348 | |
| 2019 | 1,334 | |
| 2018 | 1,321 | |
| 2017 | 1,307 | |
| 2016 | 1,291 |
Sources
- Federico & Tena-Junguito1800–1938
- Gapminder1800–2023
- Maddison Project Database1850–2022
- Government of India1891–1911
- Sivasubramonian1900–1946
- Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1948–2014
- Penn World Table1950–2019
- WDI (archive)1960–1997
- OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
- World Development Indicators1960–2025
- Bordo1970–1997
- United Nations1970–2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2013
- Asian Development Bank (archive)2000–2024
- Asian Development Bank2000–2025
- IMF WEO (forecast)2013–2031
- Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
- OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →
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