The latest officially reported population of India was 1,450,935,791 in 2024 vs 17,695 people in Palau in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current India's population is 1,474,115,403 people compared to 17,663 in Palau.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 83,458 times bigger than Palau's.
- India is ranked the 1st most populous country in the world, while Palau is the 194th.
- The countries together account for 17.8% of the world: 17.8% for India vs 0.0002% for Palau.
- For the last 10 years, India has had an average growth rate of +1.03% per year vs +0.02% in Palau.
- Since 2005, the population of India has increased from 1.15B people to 1.47B (27.7% growth), while Palau has declined from 19.8K to 17.7K (10.9% decline).
- India is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 1.7B people, while Palau's population already peaked in 2004 at 19.8K people and is projected to decrease to 11.1K people by 2100.
India vs Palau: live population counter
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| Current population |
1474115403
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17663
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| Population rank | 1/197 | 194/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17.8% | 0.0002% |
| One net population change |
2.45 seconds
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1.63 weeks
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| One birth every |
1.36 seconds
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1.89 days
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| One death every |
3.32 seconds
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1.8 days
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| One migration net change every |
50 seconds
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3.72 weeks
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| Annual migration change | -630,830 | -14 |
| Daily growth/decline | +35,250 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,866,195 | -32 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.89% | -0.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 109/197 | 176/197 |
India and Palau: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).
India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.
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Population differences between India and Palau
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 69.5 years |
| Average age | 31.8 years | 38.4 years |
| Median age | 29.5 years | 39.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 53.9:46.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,264 ppl/mi² | 99.6 ppl/mi² |
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