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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 1,450,935,791 people in India in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,415,080 people compared to 1,474,115,403 in India.

Population statistics:

  • India's population is 6.91 times bigger than Brazil's.
  • Brazil is ranked the 7th most populous country in the world, while India is the 1st.
  • The countries together account for 20.4% of the world: 2.58% for Brazil vs 17.8% for India.
  • For the last 10 years, Brazil has had an average growth rate of +0.6% per year vs +1.03% in India.
  • Since 2005, the population of Brazil has increased from 185M people to 213M (15.6% growth), while India has grown from 1.15B to 1.47B (27.7% growth).
  • Brazil is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 219M people compared to the peak of 1.7B people in 2061 for India.

Brazil vs India: live population counter

Brazil India
Current population
213415080
1474115403
Population rank 7/197 1/197
Percent of world population 2.58% 17.8%
One net population change
36.8 seconds
2.45 seconds
One birth every
12.1 seconds
1.36 seconds
One death every
21.1 seconds
3.32 seconds
One migration net change every
2.33 minutes
50 seconds
Annual migration change -225,510 -630,830
Daily growth/decline +2,350 +35,250
Annual growth/decline +857,844 +12,866,195
Annual growth/decline rate +0.41% +0.89%
Population growth rate rank 141/197 109/197

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

Brazil
Population

Growth rate
India
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Brazil India Brazil India
1960 72,388,126 435,990,338 - -
1961 74,605,447 446,564,729 3.06% 2.43%
1962 76,865,323 457,283,090 3.03% 2.4%
1963 79,164,235 468,138,575 2.99% 2.37%
1964 81,488,595 479,229,598 2.94% 2.37%
1965 83,817,583 490,140,146 2.86% 2.28%
1966 86,139,359 500,740,247 2.77% 2.16%
1967 88,446,124 511,606,372 2.68% 2.17%
1968 90,741,240 522,716,889 2.59% 2.17%
1969 93,045,777 533,880,544 2.54% 2.14%
1970 95,375,651 545,864,268 2.5% 2.24%
1971 97,739,273 558,096,387 2.48% 2.24%
1972 100,146,797 570,482,142 2.46% 2.22%
1973 102,600,976 583,465,598 2.45% 2.28%
1974 105,089,675 597,041,391 2.43% 2.33%
1975 107,619,565 611,309,535 2.41% 2.39%
1976 110,213,349 625,861,883 2.41% 2.38%
1977 112,875,292 640,801,103 2.42% 2.39%
1978 115,600,942 655,728,229 2.41% 2.33%
1979 118,380,821 671,155,747 2.4% 2.35%
1980 121,207,461 687,354,025 2.39% 2.41%
1981 124,063,109 703,696,250 2.36% 2.38%
1982 126,923,155 720,313,473 2.31% 2.36%
1983 129,790,077 737,372,681 2.26% 2.37%
1984 132,658,864 754,875,449 2.21% 2.37%
1985 135,515,595 772,647,793 2.15% 2.35%
1986 138,336,370 790,689,978 2.08% 2.34%
1987 141,104,944 808,931,270 2% 2.31%
1988 143,826,357 827,342,990 1.93% 2.28%
1989 146,502,972 846,039,529 1.86% 2.26%
1990 149,143,223 864,972,221 1.8% 2.24%
1991 151,724,256 883,927,600 1.73% 2.19%
1992 154,275,079 902,957,070 1.68% 2.15%
1993 156,794,577 922,118,387 1.63% 2.12%
1994 159,265,006 941,163,767 1.58% 2.07%
1995 161,735,073 960,301,044 1.55% 2.03%
1996 164,202,549 979,678,458 1.53% 2.02%
1997 166,661,659 999,133,762 1.5% 1.99%
1998 169,159,655 1,018,665,080 1.5% 1.95%
1999 171,641,543 1,038,225,823 1.47% 1.92%
2000 174,018,282 1,057,922,733 1.38% 1.9%
2001 176,301,203 1,077,898,575 1.31% 1.89%
2002 178,503,484 1,097,600,380 1.25% 1.83%
2003 180,622,688 1,116,803,006 1.19% 1.75%
2004 182,675,143 1,135,991,513 1.14% 1.72%
2005 184,688,101 1,154,676,322 1.1% 1.64%
2006 186,653,106 1,172,878,890 1.06% 1.58%
2007 188,552,320 1,190,676,021 1.02% 1.52%
2008 190,367,302 1,207,930,964 0.96% 1.45%
2009 192,079,951 1,225,524,753 0.9% 1.46%
2010 193,701,929 1,243,481,564 0.84% 1.47%
2011 195,284,734 1,261,224,954 0.82% 1.43%
2012 196,876,111 1,278,674,502 0.81% 1.38%
2013 198,478,299 1,295,829,511 0.81% 1.34%
2014 200,085,127 1,312,277,191 0.81% 1.27%
2015 201,675,532 1,328,024,498 0.79% 1.2%
2016 203,218,114 1,343,944,296 0.76% 1.2%
2017 204,703,445 1,359,657,400 0.73% 1.17%
2018 206,107,261 1,374,659,064 0.69% 1.1%
2019 207,455,459 1,389,030,312 0.65% 1.05%
2020 208,660,842 1,402,617,695 0.58% 0.98%
2021 209,550,294 1,414,203,896 0.43% 0.83%
2022 210,306,415 1,425,423,212 0.36% 0.79%
2023 211,140,729 1,438,069,596 0.4% 0.89%
2024 211,998,573 1,450,935,791 0.41% 0.89%
2025 212,812,405 1,463,865,531 0.38% 0.89%
2026 213,562,674 1,476,625,576 0.35% 0.87%
2027 214,261,037 1,489,164,679 0.33% 0.85%
2028 214,911,388 1,501,432,748 0.3% 0.82%
2029 215,515,178 1,513,423,737 0.28% 0.8%
2030 216,074,424 1,525,138,852 0.26% 0.77%
2031 216,587,355 1,536,540,604 0.24% 0.75%
2032 217,055,392 1,547,607,126 0.22% 0.72%
2033 217,479,394 1,558,324,087 0.2% 0.69%
2034 217,860,892 1,568,688,356 0.18% 0.67%
2035 218,199,715 1,578,694,799 0.16% 0.64%
2036 218,495,215 1,588,325,366 0.14% 0.61%
2037 218,747,246 1,597,537,009 0.12% 0.58%
2038 218,955,573 1,606,300,646 0.1% 0.55%
2039 219,118,385 1,614,639,243 0.07% 0.52%
2040 219,237,085 1,622,580,052 0.05% 0.49%
2041 219,307,158 1,630,119,374 0.03% 0.46%
2042 219,319,771 1,637,235,363 0.006% 0.44%
2043 219,276,528 1,643,915,269 -0.02% 0.41%
2044 219,179,002 1,650,186,610 -0.04% 0.38%
2045 219,026,208 1,656,067,585 -0.07% 0.36%
2046 218,821,045 1,661,548,400 -0.09% 0.33%
2047 218,565,379 1,666,628,151 -0.12% 0.31%
2048 218,258,225 1,671,309,727 -0.14% 0.28%
2049 217,897,833 1,675,619,893 -0.17% 0.26%
2050 217,489,309 1,679,589,268 -0.19% 0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Brazil increased by 16,987,431 people (a 9.2% growth), while India gained 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Brazil gained 11,739,548 (a 5.82% growth), while India's population increased by 146,090,905 (a 11% growth).

Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2005 and is 7th in 2025. India was ranked 2nd in 2005 and ranked 1st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Brazil's population will grow by 1.91% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of India will increase by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.

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