| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
| Date | 04 Nov 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of India is projected at 1.4 billion, up by 0.97% compared with 1.38 billion in 2020. India is ranked 2nd in terms of population and 112th in terms of population growth rate.
There are 24.02 million births in India in 2021. That is 65,797 per day, which is ranked 1st. The crude birth rate is 17.23 per 1000 people. There are 10.23 million deaths in India in 2021. That is 28,018 per day, which is ranked 2nd. The crude death rate is 7.34 per 1000 people.
494.6 million people are living in urban areas, which is 35.39% of India population. India is ranked 196th in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in India in 2021 is 108.15 males per 100 females. There are 723.97 million males and 669.44 million females in India. The percentage of female population is 48.04% compare to 51.96% male population. India has 54.54 million more males than females. India is at 189th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 376,325,200 | - |
| 1955 | 409,880,606 | 1.81 |
| 1960 | 450,547,675 | 1.98 |
| 1965 | 499,123,328 | 2.10 |
| 1970 | 555,189,797 | 2.23 |
| 1975 | 623,102,900 | 2.35 |
| 1980 | 698,952,837 | 2.34 |
| 1985 | 784,360,012 | 2.29 |
| 1990 | 873,277,799 | 2.10 |
| 1995 | 963,922,586 | 1.94 |
| 2000 | 1,056,575,548 | 1.78 |
| 2005 | 1,147,609,924 | 1.59 |
| 2010 | 1,234,281,163 | 1.36 |
| 2015 | 1,310,152,392 | 1.12 |
| 2016 | 1,324,517,250 | 1.10 |
| 2017 | 1,338,676,779 | 1.07 |
| 2018 | 1,352,642,283 | 1.04 |
| 2019 | 1,366,417,756 | 1.02 |
| 2020 | 1,380,004,385 | 0.99 |
| 2021 | 1,393,409,033 | 0.97 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 10,504,881 | 16,704,778 | 27.64 | 43.95 |
| 1955 | 10,254,793 | 17,678,964 | 24.96 | 43.06 |
| 1960 | 10,020,182 | 18,958,152 | 22.18 | 41.99 |
| 1965 | 9,796,603 | 20,279,586 | 19.59 | 40.59 |
| 1970 | 9,574,939 | 21,777,719 | 17.19 | 39.11 |
| 1975 | 9,355,910 | 23,402,736 | 14.99 | 37.53 |
| 1980 | 9,315,196 | 25,348,241 | 13.29 | 36.17 |
| 1985 | 9,517,449 | 27,006,001 | 12.12 | 34.42 |
| 1990 | 9,489,793 | 27,531,695 | 10.86 | 31.52 |
| 1995 | 9,242,745 | 27,741,276 | 9.58 | 28.75 |
| 2000 | 9,188,720 | 27,907,631 | 8.69 | 26.40 |
| 2005 | 9,268,690 | 27,656,029 | 8.07 | 24.09 |
| 2010 | 9,234,633 | 26,023,587 | 7.49 | 21.11 |
| 2015 | 9,425,874 | 24,414,437 | 7.19 | 18.62 |
| 2020 | 10,073,482 | 24,067,825 | 7.30 | 17.44 |
| 2021 | 10,226,555 | 24,016,020 | 7.34 | 17.23 |
| Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
| 1950 | 64,134,136 | 312,191,064 | - | 17.042 |
| 1955 | 71,958,495 | 337,310,560 | 2.18 | 17.582 |
| 1960 | 80,565,723 | 368,914,885 | 2.36 | 17.924 |
| 1965 | 93,493,844 | 404,208,521 | 3.14 | 18.785 |
| 1970 | 109,388,950 | 444,189,563 | 3.26 | 19.760 |
| 1975 | 132,533,810 | 488,767,910 | 4.01 | 21.332 |
| 1980 | 160,941,941 | 535,841,576 | 3.96 | 23.098 |
| 1985 | 190,321,782 | 591,344,889 | 3.28 | 24.348 |
| 1990 | 222,296,728 | 647,836,752 | 3.08 | 25.547 |
| 1995 | 255,558,824 | 704,923,971 | 2.75 | 26.607 |
| 2000 | 291,350,282 | 761,700,630 | 2.58 | 27.667 |
| 2005 | 334,479,406 | 809,639,268 | 2.76 | 29.235 |
| 2010 | 380,744,554 | 850,236,137 | 2.51 | 30.930 |
| 2015 | 429,069,459 | 879,984,521 | 2.40 | 32.777 |
| 2020 | 483,098,640 | 900,099,113 | 2.39 | 34.926 |
| 2021 | 494,589,933 | 902,833,076 | 2.38 | 35.393 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 61,705,157 | 56,100,408 | 117,805,565 | 8.45 | 109.991 |
| 05-09 | 61,156,249 | 55,470,476 | 116,626,725 | 8.37 | 110.250 |
| 10-14 | 65,529,162 | 59,247,144 | 124,776,306 | 8.95 | 110.603 |
| 15-19 | 66,720,828 | 59,535,435 | 126,256,263 | 9.06 | 112.069 |
| 20-24 | 65,190,651 | 57,919,863 | 123,110,514 | 8.84 | 112.553 |
| 25-29 | 62,464,037 | 55,667,536 | 118,131,573 | 8.48 | 112.209 |
| 30-34 | 59,414,201 | 53,692,757 | 113,106,958 | 8.12 | 110.656 |
| 35-39 | 54,983,196 | 50,300,522 | 105,283,718 | 7.56 | 109.309 |
| 40-44 | 47,800,063 | 44,585,968 | 92,386,031 | 6.63 | 107.209 |
| 45-49 | 41,569,276 | 39,447,158 | 81,016,434 | 5.81 | 105.380 |
| 50-54 | 35,871,178 | 34,362,501 | 70,233,679 | 5.04 | 104.390 |
| 55-59 | 30,683,717 | 29,669,493 | 60,353,210 | 4.33 | 103.418 |
| 60-64 | 25,198,480 | 24,710,588 | 49,909,068 | 3.58 | 101.974 |
| 65-69 | 19,765,111 | 19,667,183 | 39,432,294 | 2.83 | 100.498 |
| 70-74 | 12,342,949 | 13,092,551 | 25,435,500 | 1.83 | 94.275 |
| 75-79 | 7,277,333 | 8,233,711 | 15,511,044 | 1.11 | 88.385 |
| 80-84 | 3,979,437 | 4,802,826 | 8,782,263 | 0.63 | 82.856 |
| 85-89 | 1,695,954 | 2,113,999 | 3,809,953 | 0.27 | 80.225 |
| 90-94 | 503,975 | 638,562 | 1,142,537 | 0.08 | 78.923 |
| 95-99 | 103,730 | 144,394 | 248,124 | 0.02 | 71.838 |
| 100+ | 18,753 | 32,521 | 51,274 | 0.00 | 57.664 |
| Total | 723,973,437 | 669,435,596 | 1,393,409,033 | 108.147 | |