Population growth of India from 1960 to 2024 - FactoData

September 20, 2024 / Demographics, Statistics

Population growth of India from 1960 to 2024.

As of the most recent estimates in 2023, population of India was around 1.428 billion, making it the most populous country in the world, surpassing China earlier that year. India’s population growth was rapid during the 2nd half of the 20th century due to improvements in healthcare, reduction in infant mortality, and longer life expectancy.

There has been a shift from rural to urban areas as people move to cities for better employment and educational opportunities and lifestyles, better business environment . This urbanization has added stress on city infrastructures but is also driving economic growth in urban areas. India’s Population will continue to rise for upcoming years.

India’s Population was 445 million in 1960.
From 1960 to 1995 population of India grew by more than 2% per year.
From 1196 to 2019 Indian Population grew between 1-2% annually.
In 2022 Indian Population grew by just 0.68% which lowest ever.
First time in 2020 Indian population growth dropped below 1%.

Indian population from 1960 to 2024

Year	Population	Annual Population Growth	% Annual Growth
1960	445,954,579
1961	456,351,876	10,397,297	2.33%
1962	467,024,193	10,672,317	2.34%
1963	477,933,619	10,909,426	2.34%
1964	489,059,309	11,125,690	2.33%
1965	500,114,346	11,055,037	2.26%
1966	510,992,617	10,878,271	2.18%
1967	521,987,069	10,994,452	2.15%
1968	533,431,909	11,444,840	2.19%
1969	545,314,670	11,882,761	2.23%
1970	557,501,301	12,186,631	2.23%
1971	569,999,178	12,497,877	2.24%
1972	582,837,973	12,838,795	2.25%
1973	596,107,483	13,269,510	2.28%
1974	609,721,951	13,614,468	2.28%
1975	623,524,219	13,802,268	2.26%
1976	637,451,448	13,927,229	2.23%
1977	651,685,628	14,234,180	2.23%
1978	666,267,760	14,582,132	2.24%
1979	681,248,383	14,980,623	2.25%
1980	696,828,385	15,580,002	2.29%
1981	712,869,298	16,040,913	2.30%
1982	729,169,466	16,300,168	2.29%
1983	745,826,546	16,657,080	2.28%
1984	762,895,156	17,068,610	2.29%
1985	780,242,084	17,346,928	2.27%
1986	797,878,993	17,636,909	2.26%
1987	815,716,125	17,837,132	2.24%
1988	833,729,681	18,013,556	2.21%
1989	852,012,673	18,282,992	2.19%
1990	870,452,165	18,439,492	2.16%
1991	888,941,756	18,489,591	2.12%
1992	907,574,049	18,632,293	2.10%
1993	926,351,297	18,777,248	2.07%
1994	945,261,958	18,910,661	2.04%
1995	964,279,129	19,017,171	2.01%
1996	983,281,218	19,002,089	1.97%
1997	1,002,335,230	19,054,012	1.94%
1998	1,021,434,576	19,099,346	1.91%
1999	1,040,500,054	19,065,478	1.87%
2000	1,059,633,675	19,133,621	1.84%
2001	1,078,970,907	19,337,232	1.82%
2002	1,098,313,039	19,342,132	1.79%
2003	1,117,415,123	19,102,084	1.74%
2004	1,136,264,583	18,849,460	1.69%
2005	1,154,638,713	18,374,130	1.62%
2006	1,172,373,788	17,735,075	1.54%
2007	1,189,691,809	17,318,021	1.48%
2008	1,206,734,806	17,042,997	1.43%
2009	1,223,640,160	16,905,354	1.40%
2010	1,240,613,620	16,973,460	1.39%
2011	1,257,621,191	17,007,571	1.37%
2012	1,274,487,215	16,866,024	1.34%
2013	1,291,132,063	16,644,848	1.31%
2014	1,307,246,509	16,114,446	1.25%
2015	1,322,866,505	15,619,996	1.19%
2016	1,338,636,340	15,769,835	1.19%
2017	1,354,195,680	15,559,340	1.16%
2018	1,369,003,306	14,807,626	1.09%
2019	1,383,112,050	14,108,744	1.03%
2020	1,396,387,127	13,275,077	0.96%
2021	1,407,563,842	11,176,715	0.80%
2022	1,417,173,173	9,609,331	0.68%
2023	1,428,627,663	11,454,490	0.81%
2024	1,441,719,852	13,092,189	0.92%

Source: World bank

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