India Population

Current and historical population data for India, including latest value (1.45 bn), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: India
UNIT: people
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00
Economy Data Rating
India · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BBB
71 / 100
Stable economy
Fiscal stability 14.3 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 17.8 / 20
External stability 14.3 / 15
Financial robustness 8.7 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.1 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.3 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2024 20152024
2015 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

India · total population by country.

2015–2024
1.45 bn people
1.44 bn people
1.39 bn people
1 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2024
population rate reference line

Countries by population

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 1.45 bn high
China 1.41 bn high
United States 340.11 m high
Indonesia 283.49 m high
Pakistan 251.27 m high
Nigeria 232.68 m medium
Brazil 212 m medium
Bangladesh 173.56 m medium

Interpretation

short note

This social and demographic indicator helps place economic development in population context.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Japan 123.98 m
China 1.41 bn
South Korea 51.75 m
United States 340.11 m
Germany 83.52 m

Related indicators

internal links
GDP per Capita NY.GDP.PCAP.CD
Nominal GDP NY.GDP.MKTP.CD
Urban Population SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS
Life Expectancy SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Fertility Rate SP.DYN.TFRT.IN

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SP.POP.TOTL

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:59:08+02:00

India Snapshot

country profile
Population 1.45 bn
GDP 3909.89 bn
Debt/GDP 46.52%
Inflation 4.95%
Unemployment 4.22%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Lower middle income

India Population: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Population for India. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: india population rate, population data india, india population statistics, india people.