India's population rose from 436M in 1960 to 1.46B in 2025.
India · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
India's population growth fell from 2.0 % in 1996 to 0.9 % in 2025.
India's population density rose from 316.6 in 1994 to 483.7 in 2023.
India's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.3 % in 1996 to 48.4 % in 2025.
India's urbanisation rose from 26.8 % in 1996 to 35.7 % in 2025.
India's urban population rose from 262M in 1996 to 522M in 2025.
India's rural population rose from 717M in 1996 to 941M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.7 %105th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.0 %95th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.4 %136th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −7.3 %76th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.4 yrs129th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts101st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts42nd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts121st of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.4 pts176th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts125th of 217
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- Net migrationup +21.4 %216th of 217
- Migrant stockdown −0.1 pts201st of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −6.4 %30th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs137th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs147th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs114th of 217