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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Palau	India	Palau
1960	435,990,338	9,328	-	-
1961	446,564,729	9,555	2.43%	2.43%
1962	457,283,090	9,793	2.4%	2.49%
1963	468,138,575	10,037	2.37%	2.49%
1964	479,229,598	10,292	2.37%	2.54%
1965	490,140,146	10,547	2.28%	2.48%
1966	500,740,247	10,805	2.16%	2.45%
1967	511,606,372	10,988	2.17%	1.69%
1968	522,716,889	11,080	2.17%	0.84%
1969	533,880,544	11,159	2.14%	0.71%
1970	545,864,268	11,368	2.24%	1.87%
1971	558,096,387	11,759	2.24%	3.44%
1972	570,482,142	12,194	2.22%	3.7%
1973	583,465,598	12,552	2.28%	2.94%
1974	597,041,391	12,687	2.33%	1.08%
1975	611,309,535	12,655	2.39%	-0.25%
1976	625,861,883	12,598	2.38%	-0.45%
1977	640,801,103	12,525	2.39%	-0.58%
1978	655,728,229	12,440	2.33%	-0.68%
1979	671,155,747	12,337	2.35%	-0.83%
1980	687,354,025	12,271	2.41%	-0.53%
1981	703,696,250	12,402	2.38%	1.07%
1982	720,313,473	12,694	2.36%	2.35%
1983	737,372,681	13,006	2.37%	2.46%
1984	754,875,449	13,337	2.37%	2.54%
1985	772,647,793	13,688	2.35%	2.63%
1986	790,689,978	14,024	2.34%	2.45%
1987	808,931,270	14,334	2.31%	2.21%
1988	827,342,990	14,645	2.28%	2.17%
1989	846,039,529	14,945	2.26%	2.05%
1990	864,972,221	15,259	2.24%	2.1%
1991	883,927,600	15,614	2.19%	2.33%
1992	902,957,070	15,989	2.15%	2.4%
1993	922,118,387	16,372	2.12%	2.4%
1994	941,163,767	16,770	2.07%	2.43%
1995	960,301,044	17,195	2.03%	2.53%
1996	979,678,458	17,654	2.02%	2.67%
1997	999,133,762	18,108	1.99%	2.57%
1998	1,018,665,080	18,524	1.95%	2.3%
1999	1,038,225,823	18,901	1.92%	2.04%
2000	1,057,922,733	19,178	1.9%	1.47%
2001	1,077,898,575	19,352	1.89%	0.91%
2002	1,097,600,380	19,503	1.83%	0.78%
2003	1,116,803,006	19,659	1.75%	0.8%
2004	1,135,991,513	19,820	1.72%	0.82%
2005	1,154,676,322	19,819	1.64%	-0.005%
2006	1,172,878,890	19,593	1.58%	-1.14%
2007	1,190,676,021	19,302	1.52%	-1.49%
2008	1,207,930,964	19,009	1.45%	-1.52%
2009	1,225,524,753	18,709	1.46%	-1.58%
2010	1,243,481,564	18,396	1.47%	-1.67%
2011	1,261,224,954	18,078	1.43%	-1.73%
2012	1,278,674,502	17,765	1.38%	-1.73%
2013	1,295,829,511	17,648	1.34%	-0.66%
2014	1,312,277,191	17,715	1.27%	0.38%
2015	1,328,024,498	17,770	1.2%	0.31%
2016	1,343,944,296	17,797	1.2%	0.15%
2017	1,359,657,400	17,812	1.17%	0.08%
2018	1,374,659,064	17,814	1.1%	0.01%
2019	1,389,030,312	17,798	1.05%	-0.09%
2020	1,402,617,695	17,792	0.98%	-0.03%
2021	1,414,203,896	17,783	0.83%	-0.05%
2022	1,425,423,212	17,759	0.79%	-0.13%
2023	1,438,069,596	17,727	0.89%	-0.18%
2024	1,450,935,791	17,695	0.89%	-0.18%
2025	1,463,865,531	17,663	0.89%	-0.18%
2026	1,476,625,576	17,618	0.87%	-0.25%
2027	1,489,164,679	17,564	0.85%	-0.31%
2028	1,501,432,748	17,504	0.82%	-0.34%
2029	1,513,423,737	17,436	0.8%	-0.39%
2030	1,525,138,852	17,376	0.77%	-0.34%
2031	1,536,540,604	17,299	0.75%	-0.44%
2032	1,547,607,126	17,228	0.72%	-0.41%
2033	1,558,324,087	17,163	0.69%	-0.38%
2034	1,568,688,356	17,092	0.67%	-0.41%
2035	1,578,694,799	17,012	0.64%	-0.47%
2036	1,588,325,366	16,940	0.61%	-0.43%
2037	1,597,537,009	16,858	0.58%	-0.48%
2038	1,606,300,646	16,779	0.55%	-0.47%
2039	1,614,639,243	16,689	0.52%	-0.54%
2040	1,622,580,052	16,604	0.49%	-0.51%
2041	1,630,119,374	16,510	0.46%	-0.57%
2042	1,637,235,363	16,403	0.44%	-0.65%
2043	1,643,915,269	16,302	0.41%	-0.61%
2044	1,650,186,610	16,202	0.38%	-0.62%
2045	1,656,067,585	16,097	0.36%	-0.65%
2046	1,661,548,400	15,977	0.33%	-0.74%
2047	1,666,628,151	15,863	0.31%	-0.71%
2048	1,671,309,727	15,749	0.28%	-0.72%
2049	1,675,619,893	15,632	0.26%	-0.74%
2050	1,679,589,268	15,515	0.24%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.