Demographics of India

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date12 Aug 2024

As of 2024, the population of India is projected at 1.451 billion, compared to 1.438 billion in 2023. It is the most populous country in the world. The Population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 0.90 percent, which is the 114th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 748.32 million males and 702.61 million females in India. The percentage of the male population is 51.58%, compared to 48.42% of the female population. India has 45.71 million more males than females, the highest in the world. The sex ratio in India in 2024 will be 106.506 males per 100 females. India is in the 218th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

530.39 million people are living in urban areas, which is 36.87 % of India's population. India is ranked 195th in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Gender

India population

Year Population Growth (%) M per 100 F
MaleFemaleTotal
1950177,866,755168,412,065346,278,8212.13105.614
1955199,634,049188,066,837387,700,8872.35106.151
1960224,897,758211,092,581435,990,3382.38106.540
1965253,125,772237,014,373490,140,1462.18106.798
1970281,785,460264,078,808545,864,2682.32106.705
1975315,742,315295,567,220611,309,5352.35106.826
1980355,512,997331,841,028687,354,0252.36107.134
1985399,637,317373,010,476772,647,7932.31107.138
1990447,021,579417,950,642864,972,2212.20106.956
1995496,344,700463,956,344960,301,0442.01106.981
2000547,253,435510,669,2981,057,922,7331.88107.164
2005597,426,194557,250,1281,154,676,3221.57107.210
2010643,098,086600,383,4781,243,481,5641.44107.115
2015686,298,736641,725,7611,328,024,4981.17106.946
2020724,175,468678,442,2281,402,617,6950.95106.741
2021729,924,103684,279,7931,414,203,8960.70106.670
2022735,531,456689,891,7561,425,423,2120.88106.615
2023741,883,264696,186,3321,438,069,5960.89106.564
2024748,323,427702,612,3641,450,935,7910.90106.506
  • Life expectancy
  • Median age
  • Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

YearLife expectancy Median ageFertility rate
195041.18120.0155.732
195543.74019.7215.911
196045.61019.2265.921
196545.55818.4555.941
197048.58518.0975.624
197550.76118.3875.195
198053.59318.8724.775
198556.32419.2734.432
199058.61819.6874.045
199560.63020.3353.651
200062.74921.1923.350
200564.93922.2442.958
201067.16223.6412.598
201569.32625.2712.289
202070.15627.0242.047
202167.28227.3482.014
202271.69827.6841.994
202372.00328.0601.975
202472.23528.4411.962
  • Total
  • Crude

India death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19507,852,21815,287,99822.67644.149
19558,168,77217,219,75521.07044.415
19608,467,28718,705,01119.42142.902
19659,488,51120,414,20519.35941.650
19709,287,48621,705,42017.01439.763
19759,492,65523,451,07015.52838.362
19809,452,57425,471,06813.75237.057
19859,398,79427,366,95012.16435.420
19909,277,64628,171,51910.72632.569
19959,191,88828,588,0529.57229.770
20009,127,43129,111,7128.62827.518
20059,027,95728,063,0007.81924.304
20108,908,60426,900,7117.16421.633
20158,936,42325,147,2516.72918.936
202010,118,28623,485,3397.21416.744
202113,093,78523,321,8539.25916.491
20229,373,17823,286,1256.57616.336
20239,507,00823,219,4896.61116.146
20249,557,05023,186,9786.58715.981
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of India

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
195064,134,136312,191,06417.042
195571,958,495337,310,56017.582
196080,565,723368,914,88517.924
196593,493,844404,208,52118.785
1970109,388,950444,189,56319.760
1975132,533,810488,767,91021.332
1980160,941,941535,841,57623.098
1985190,321,782591,344,88924.348
1990222,296,728647,836,75225.547
1995255,558,824704,923,97126.607
2000291,350,282761,700,63027.667
2005334,479,406809,639,26829.235
2010380,744,554850,236,13730.930
2015429,069,459879,984,52132.777
2020483,098,640900,099,11334.926
2021494,589,933902,833,07635.393
2022506,304,869905,110,42735.872
2023518,239,122906,919,35936.364
2024530,387,142908,248,22536.867
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

India population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 58,920,509 54,737,622 113,658,131 7.83 107.642
05-09 61,965,433 56,915,848 118,881,281 8.19 108.872
10-14 65,253,770 59,483,836 124,737,606 8.60 109.700
15-19 66,730,580 60,645,954 127,376,533 8.78 110.033
20-24 68,155,217 61,835,077 129,990,293 8.96 110.221
25-29 65,258,361 59,211,688 124,470,049 8.58 110.212
30-34 61,846,646 56,880,627 118,727,273 8.18 108.731
35-39 57,979,905 53,665,702 111,645,607 7.69 108.039
40-44 51,622,180 48,012,516 99,634,697 6.87 107.518
45-49 44,391,111 41,973,609 86,364,720 5.95 105.760
50-54 38,222,139 36,894,344 75,116,482 5.18 103.599
55-59 32,137,630 31,528,369 63,665,999 4.39 101.932
60-64 26,519,323 26,456,423 52,975,745 3.65 100.238
65-69 20,613,163 21,207,801 41,820,963 2.88 97.196
70-74 14,224,239 15,290,501 29,514,739 2.03 93.027
75-79 7,793,934 9,016,761 16,810,694 1.16 86.438
80-84 4,098,890 5,163,753 9,262,642 0.64 79.378
85-89 1,863,044 2,613,279 4,476,323 0.31 71.291
90-94 594,804 879,272 1,474,076 0.10 67.647
95-99 119,656 178,968 298,624 0.02 66.859
100+ 12,893 20,419 33,312 0.00 63.142
Total 748,323,427 702,612,369 1,450,935,789 106.506