Population in Belgium compared to India: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Belgium and India: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	India	Belgium	India
1960	9,153,489	435,990,338	-	-
1961	9,183,948	446,564,729	0.33%	2.43%
1962	9,220,578	457,283,090	0.4%	2.4%
1963	9,289,770	468,138,575	0.75%	2.37%
1964	9,378,113	479,229,598	0.95%	2.37%
1965	9,463,667	490,140,146	0.91%	2.28%
1966	9,527,807	500,740,247	0.68%	2.16%
1967	9,580,991	511,606,372	0.56%	2.17%
1968	9,618,756	522,716,889	0.39%	2.17%
1969	9,646,032	533,880,544	0.28%	2.14%
1970	9,655,549	545,864,268	0.1%	2.24%
1971	9,673,162	558,096,387	0.18%	2.24%
1972	9,711,115	570,482,142	0.39%	2.22%
1973	9,741,720	583,465,598	0.32%	2.28%
1974	9,772,419	597,041,391	0.32%	2.33%
1975	9,800,700	611,309,535	0.29%	2.39%
1976	9,818,227	625,861,883	0.18%	2.38%
1977	9,830,358	640,801,103	0.12%	2.39%
1978	9,839,534	655,728,229	0.09%	2.33%
1979	9,848,382	671,155,747	0.09%	2.35%
1980	9,859,242	687,354,025	0.11%	2.41%
1981	9,858,982	703,696,250	-0.003%	2.38%
1982	9,856,303	720,313,473	-0.03%	2.36%
1983	9,855,520	737,372,681	-0.008%	2.37%
1984	9,855,372	754,875,449	-0.002%	2.37%
1985	9,858,308	772,647,793	0.03%	2.35%
1986	9,861,823	790,689,978	0.04%	2.34%
1987	9,870,234	808,931,270	0.09%	2.31%
1988	9,901,664	827,342,990	0.32%	2.28%
1989	9,937,697	846,039,529	0.36%	2.26%
1990	9,967,379	864,972,221	0.3%	2.24%
1991	10,004,486	883,927,600	0.37%	2.19%
1992	10,045,158	902,957,070	0.41%	2.15%
1993	10,084,475	922,118,387	0.39%	2.12%
1994	10,115,603	941,163,767	0.31%	2.07%
1995	10,136,811	960,301,044	0.21%	2.03%
1996	10,156,637	979,678,458	0.2%	2.02%
1997	10,181,245	999,133,762	0.24%	1.99%
1998	10,203,008	1,018,665,080	0.21%	1.95%
1999	10,226,419	1,038,225,823	0.23%	1.92%
2000	10,251,250	1,057,922,733	0.24%	1.9%
2001	10,286,570	1,077,898,575	0.34%	1.89%
2002	10,332,785	1,097,600,380	0.45%	1.83%
2003	10,376,133	1,116,803,006	0.42%	1.75%
2004	10,421,137	1,135,991,513	0.43%	1.72%
2005	10,478,617	1,154,676,322	0.55%	1.64%
2006	10,547,958	1,172,878,890	0.66%	1.58%
2007	10,625,700	1,190,676,021	0.74%	1.52%
2008	10,709,973	1,207,930,964	0.79%	1.45%
2009	10,796,493	1,225,524,753	0.81%	1.46%
2010	10,895,586	1,243,481,564	0.92%	1.47%
2011	11,038,264	1,261,224,954	1.31%	1.43%
2012	11,106,932	1,278,674,502	0.62%	1.38%
2013	11,159,407	1,295,829,511	0.47%	1.34%
2014	11,209,057	1,312,277,191	0.44%	1.27%
2015	11,274,196	1,328,024,498	0.58%	1.2%
2016	11,331,422	1,343,944,296	0.51%	1.2%
2017	11,375,158	1,359,657,400	0.39%	1.17%
2018	11,427,054	1,374,659,064	0.46%	1.1%
2019	11,488,980	1,389,030,312	0.54%	1.05%
2020	11,538,604	1,402,617,695	0.43%	0.98%
2021	11,586,195	1,414,203,896	0.41%	0.83%
2022	11,680,210	1,425,423,212	0.81%	0.79%
2023	11,779,946	1,438,069,596	0.85%	0.89%
2024	11,858,610	1,450,935,791	0.67%	0.89%
2025	11,878,653	1,463,865,531	0.17%	0.89%
2026	11,894,864	1,476,625,576	0.14%	0.87%
2027	11,909,001	1,489,164,679	0.12%	0.85%
2028	11,922,115	1,501,432,748	0.11%	0.82%
2029	11,934,272	1,513,423,737	0.1%	0.8%
2030	11,944,861	1,525,138,852	0.09%	0.77%
2031	11,953,823	1,536,540,604	0.08%	0.75%
2032	11,962,020	1,547,607,126	0.07%	0.72%
2033	11,970,216	1,558,324,087	0.07%	0.69%
2034	11,977,922	1,568,688,356	0.06%	0.67%
2035	11,984,704	1,578,694,799	0.06%	0.64%
2036	11,991,147	1,588,325,366	0.05%	0.61%
2037	11,997,789	1,597,537,009	0.06%	0.58%
2038	12,004,230	1,606,300,646	0.05%	0.55%
2039	12,009,488	1,614,639,243	0.04%	0.52%
2040	12,013,619	1,622,580,052	0.03%	0.49%
2041	12,017,411	1,630,119,374	0.03%	0.46%
2042	12,020,456	1,637,235,363	0.03%	0.44%
2043	12,022,156	1,643,915,269	0.01%	0.41%
2044	12,023,061	1,650,186,610	0.008%	0.38%
2045	12,022,487	1,656,067,585	-0.005%	0.36%
2046	12,020,034	1,661,548,400	-0.02%	0.33%
2047	12,015,998	1,666,628,151	-0.03%	0.31%
2048	12,010,009	1,671,309,727	-0.05%	0.28%
2049	12,001,950	1,675,619,893	-0.07%	0.26%
2050	11,992,103	1,679,589,268	-0.08%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belgium increased by 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belgium gained 563,596 (a 4.97% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2006 and is 83rd in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Belgium's population will grow by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.