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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Nauru	India	Nauru
1960	435,990,338	4,607	-	-
1961	446,564,729	4,774	2.43%	3.62%
1962	457,283,090	4,979	2.4%	4.29%
1963	468,138,575	5,226	2.37%	4.96%
1964	479,229,598	5,515	2.37%	5.53%
1965	490,140,146	5,832	2.28%	5.75%
1966	500,740,247	6,043	2.16%	3.62%
1967	511,606,372	6,135	2.17%	1.52%
1968	522,716,889	6,328	2.17%	3.15%
1969	533,880,544	6,581	2.14%	4%
1970	545,864,268	6,710	2.24%	1.96%
1971	558,096,387	6,762	2.24%	0.77%
1972	570,482,142	6,812	2.22%	0.74%
1973	583,465,598	6,866	2.28%	0.79%
1974	597,041,391	6,923	2.33%	0.83%
1975	611,309,535	6,987	2.39%	0.92%
1976	625,861,883	7,064	2.38%	1.1%
1977	640,801,103	7,163	2.39%	1.4%
1978	655,728,229	7,298	2.33%	1.88%
1979	671,155,747	7,468	2.35%	2.33%
1980	687,354,025	7,649	2.41%	2.42%
1981	703,696,250	7,839	2.38%	2.48%
1982	720,313,473	8,040	2.36%	2.56%
1983	737,372,681	8,216	2.37%	2.19%
1984	754,875,449	8,377	2.37%	1.96%
1985	772,647,793	8,551	2.35%	2.08%
1986	790,689,978	8,742	2.34%	2.23%
1987	808,931,270	8,946	2.31%	2.33%
1988	827,342,990	9,165	2.28%	2.45%
1989	846,039,529	9,390	2.26%	2.45%
1990	864,972,221	9,622	2.24%	2.47%
1991	883,927,600	9,850	2.19%	2.37%
1992	902,957,070	10,021	2.15%	1.74%
1993	922,118,387	10,102	2.12%	0.81%
1994	941,163,767	10,137	2.07%	0.35%
1995	960,301,044	10,165	2.03%	0.28%
1996	979,678,458	10,183	2.02%	0.18%
1997	999,133,762	10,197	1.99%	0.14%
1998	1,018,665,080	10,198	1.95%	0.01%
1999	1,038,225,823	10,187	1.92%	-0.11%
2000	1,057,922,733	10,168	1.9%	-0.19%
2001	1,077,898,575	10,130	1.89%	-0.37%
2002	1,097,600,380	10,082	1.83%	-0.47%
2003	1,116,803,006	10,059	1.75%	-0.23%
2004	1,135,991,513	10,060	1.72%	0.01%
2005	1,154,676,322	10,049	1.64%	-0.11%
2006	1,172,878,890	10,034	1.58%	-0.15%
2007	1,190,676,021	10,020	1.52%	-0.14%
2008	1,207,930,964	10,009	1.45%	-0.11%
2009	1,225,524,753	10,016	1.46%	0.07%
2010	1,243,481,564	10,043	1.47%	0.27%
2011	1,261,224,954	10,098	1.43%	0.55%
2012	1,278,674,502	10,267	1.38%	1.67%
2013	1,295,829,511	10,517	1.34%	2.43%
2014	1,312,277,191	10,742	1.27%	2.14%
2015	1,328,024,498	10,954	1.2%	1.97%
2016	1,343,944,296	11,150	1.2%	1.79%
2017	1,359,657,400	11,324	1.17%	1.56%
2018	1,374,659,064	11,477	1.1%	1.35%
2019	1,389,030,312	11,587	1.05%	0.96%
2020	1,402,617,695	11,643	0.98%	0.48%
2021	1,414,203,896	11,709	0.83%	0.57%
2022	1,425,423,212	11,801	0.79%	0.79%
2023	1,438,069,596	11,875	0.89%	0.63%
2024	1,450,935,791	11,947	0.89%	0.61%
2025	1,463,865,531	12,030	0.89%	0.7%
2026	1,476,625,576	12,103	0.87%	0.61%
2027	1,489,164,679	12,196	0.85%	0.77%
2028	1,501,432,748	12,296	0.82%	0.82%
2029	1,513,423,737	12,403	0.8%	0.87%
2030	1,525,138,852	12,519	0.77%	0.94%
2031	1,536,540,604	12,645	0.75%	1%
2032	1,547,607,126	12,785	0.72%	1.11%
2033	1,558,324,087	12,921	0.69%	1.06%
2034	1,568,688,356	13,071	0.67%	1.16%
2035	1,578,694,799	13,230	0.64%	1.22%
2036	1,588,325,366	13,391	0.61%	1.21%
2037	1,597,537,009	13,541	0.58%	1.12%
2038	1,606,300,646	13,697	0.55%	1.16%
2039	1,614,639,243	13,857	0.52%	1.17%
2040	1,622,580,052	14,041	0.49%	1.33%
2041	1,630,119,374	14,220	0.46%	1.27%
2042	1,637,235,363	14,402	0.44%	1.28%
2043	1,643,915,269	14,579	0.41%	1.23%
2044	1,650,186,610	14,754	0.38%	1.2%
2045	1,656,067,585	14,920	0.36%	1.13%
2046	1,661,548,400	15,098	0.33%	1.19%
2047	1,666,628,151	15,268	0.31%	1.12%
2048	1,671,309,727	15,431	0.28%	1.07%
2049	1,675,619,893	15,595	0.26%	1.06%
2050	1,679,589,268	15,751	0.24%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.