The latest officially reported population of Brazil was 211,998,573 in 2024 vs 1,450,935,791 people in India in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Brazil's population is 213,570,306 people compared to 1,476,762,615 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 2006, the population of Brazil has increased from 187M people to 214M (14.4% growth), while India has grown from 1.17B to 1.48B (25.9% 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
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| Current population |
213570306
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1476762615
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| Population rank | 7/197 | 1/197 |
| Percent of world population | 2.58% | 17.8% |
| One net population change |
36.8 seconds
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2.45 seconds
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| One birth every |
12.1 seconds
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1.36 seconds
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| One death every |
21.1 seconds
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3.32 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
2.33 minutes
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50 seconds
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| 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 | 108/197 |
Brazil and India: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2006 to 2016, the population of Brazil increased by 16,565,008 people (a 8.87% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Brazil gained 10,352,192 (a 5.09% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).
Brazil was ranked 5th most populous country in 2006 and is 7th 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) Brazil's population will grow by 1.83% to 217,489,309 people with a rank change from 7th to 9th. The population of India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.
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Population differences between Brazil and India
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| Life expectancy | 76.4 years | 72.7 years |
| Average age | 36.3 years | 31.8 years |
| Median age | 35.4 years | 29.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.2:50.8 | 51.6:48.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.62 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman |
| Population density | 65.7 ppl/mi² | 1,264 ppl/mi² |
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