The latest officially reported population of India was 1,450,935,791 in 2024 vs 36,554,707 people in Poland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current India's population is 1,474,115,403 people compared to 36,176,920 in Poland.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 40.7 times bigger than Poland's.
- India is ranked the 1st most populous country in the world, while Poland is the 46th.
- The countries together account for 18.3% of the world: 17.8% for India vs 0.44% for Poland.
- For the last 10 years, India has had an average growth rate of +1.03% per year vs -0.36% in Poland.
- Since 2005, the population of India has increased from 1.15B people to 1.47B (27.7% growth), while Poland has declined from 38.2M to 36.2M (5.21% decline).
- India is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 1.7B people, while Poland's population already peaked in 1998 at 38.7M people and is projected to decrease to 18.3M people by 2100.
India vs Poland: live population counter
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| Current population |
1474115403
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36176920
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| Population rank | 1/197 | 46/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17.8% | 0.44% |
| One net population change |
2.45 seconds
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3.96 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.36 seconds
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1.94 minutes
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| One death every |
3.32 seconds
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1.29 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
50 seconds
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2.21 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -630,830 | -238,062 |
| Daily growth/decline | +35,250 | -363 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,866,195 | -132,646 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.89% | -0.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 109/197 | 179/197 |
India and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 435,990,338 | 29,637,450 | - | - |
| 1961 | 446,564,729 | 29,964,000 | 2.43% | 1.1% |
| 1962 | 457,283,090 | 30,308,500 | 2.4% | 1.15% |
| 1963 | 468,138,575 | 30,712,000 | 2.37% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 479,229,598 | 31,139,450 | 2.37% | 1.39% |
| 1965 | 490,140,146 | 31,444,950 | 2.28% | 0.98% |
| 1966 | 500,740,247 | 31,681,000 | 2.16% | 0.75% |
| 1967 | 511,606,372 | 31,987,155 | 2.17% | 0.97% |
| 1968 | 522,716,889 | 32,294,655 | 2.17% | 0.96% |
| 1969 | 533,880,544 | 32,548,300 | 2.14% | 0.79% |
| 1970 | 545,864,268 | 32,664,300 | 2.24% | 0.36% |
| 1971 | 558,096,387 | 32,783,500 | 2.24% | 0.36% |
| 1972 | 570,482,142 | 33,055,650 | 2.22% | 0.83% |
| 1973 | 583,465,598 | 33,357,200 | 2.28% | 0.91% |
| 1974 | 597,041,391 | 33,678,899 | 2.33% | 0.96% |
| 1975 | 611,309,535 | 34,015,199 | 2.39% | 1% |
| 1976 | 625,861,883 | 34,356,300 | 2.38% | 1% |
| 1977 | 640,801,103 | 34,689,050 | 2.39% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 655,728,229 | 34,965,600 | 2.33% | 0.8% |
| 1979 | 671,155,747 | 35,247,217 | 2.35% | 0.81% |
| 1980 | 687,354,025 | 35,574,150 | 2.41% | 0.93% |
| 1981 | 703,696,250 | 35,898,587 | 2.38% | 0.91% |
| 1982 | 720,313,473 | 36,230,481 | 2.36% | 0.92% |
| 1983 | 737,372,681 | 36,571,808 | 2.37% | 0.94% |
| 1984 | 754,875,449 | 36,904,134 | 2.37% | 0.91% |
| 1985 | 772,647,793 | 37,201,885 | 2.35% | 0.81% |
| 1986 | 790,689,978 | 37,456,119 | 2.34% | 0.68% |
| 1987 | 808,931,270 | 37,668,045 | 2.31% | 0.57% |
| 1988 | 827,342,990 | 37,824,487 | 2.28% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 846,039,529 | 37,961,529 | 2.26% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 | 38,110,782 | 2.24% | 0.39% |
| 1991 | 883,927,600 | 38,246,193 | 2.19% | 0.36% |
| 1992 | 902,957,070 | 38,363,667 | 2.15% | 0.31% |
| 1993 | 922,118,387 | 38,461,408 | 2.12% | 0.25% |
| 1994 | 941,163,767 | 38,542,652 | 2.07% | 0.21% |
| 1995 | 960,301,044 | 38,594,998 | 2.03% | 0.14% |
| 1996 | 979,678,458 | 38,624,370 | 2.02% | 0.08% |
| 1997 | 999,133,762 | 38,649,660 | 1.99% | 0.07% |
| 1998 | 1,018,665,080 | 38,663,481 | 1.95% | 0.04% |
| 1999 | 1,038,225,823 | 38,660,271 | 1.92% | -0.008% |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,733 | 38,258,629 | 1.9% | -1.04% |
| 2001 | 1,077,898,575 | 38,248,076 | 1.89% | -0.03% |
| 2002 | 1,097,600,380 | 38,230,364 | 1.83% | -0.05% |
| 2003 | 1,116,803,006 | 38,204,570 | 1.75% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 1,135,991,513 | 38,182,222 | 1.72% | -0.06% |
| 2005 | 1,154,676,322 | 38,165,445 | 1.64% | -0.04% |
| 2006 | 1,172,878,890 | 38,141,267 | 1.58% | -0.06% |
| 2007 | 1,190,676,021 | 38,120,560 | 1.52% | -0.05% |
| 2008 | 1,207,930,964 | 38,125,759 | 1.45% | 0.01% |
| 2009 | 1,225,524,753 | 38,151,603 | 1.46% | 0.07% |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,564 | 38,042,794 | 1.47% | -0.29% |
| 2011 | 1,261,224,954 | 38,063,255 | 1.43% | 0.05% |
| 2012 | 1,278,674,502 | 38,063,164 | 1.38% | -0% |
| 2013 | 1,295,829,511 | 38,040,196 | 1.34% | -0.06% |
| 2014 | 1,312,277,191 | 38,011,735 | 1.27% | -0.07% |
| 2015 | 1,328,024,498 | 37,986,412 | 1.2% | -0.07% |
| 2016 | 1,343,944,296 | 37,970,087 | 1.2% | -0.04% |
| 2017 | 1,359,657,400 | 37,974,826 | 1.17% | 0.01% |
| 2018 | 1,374,659,064 | 37,974,750 | 1.1% | -0% |
| 2019 | 1,389,030,312 | 37,965,475 | 1.05% | -0.02% |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,695 | 37,515,748 | 0.98% | -1.18% |
| 2021 | 1,414,203,896 | 36,981,559 | 0.83% | -1.42% |
| 2022 | 1,425,423,212 | 36,821,749 | 0.79% | -0.43% |
| 2023 | 1,438,069,596 | 36,687,353 | 0.89% | -0.36% |
| 2024 | 1,450,935,791 | 36,554,707 | 0.89% | -0.36% |
| 2025 | 1,463,865,531 | 36,176,920 | 0.89% | -1.03% |
| 2026 | 1,476,625,576 | 35,894,534 | 0.87% | -0.78% |
| 2027 | 1,489,164,679 | 35,753,988 | 0.85% | -0.39% |
| 2028 | 1,501,432,748 | 35,605,295 | 0.82% | -0.42% |
| 2029 | 1,513,423,737 | 35,447,860 | 0.8% | -0.44% |
| 2030 | 1,525,138,852 | 35,283,068 | 0.77% | -0.46% |
| 2031 | 1,536,540,604 | 35,111,838 | 0.75% | -0.49% |
| 2032 | 1,547,607,126 | 34,934,626 | 0.72% | -0.5% |
| 2033 | 1,558,324,087 | 34,753,118 | 0.69% | -0.52% |
| 2034 | 1,568,688,356 | 34,567,292 | 0.67% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 1,578,694,799 | 34,377,478 | 0.64% | -0.55% |
| 2036 | 1,588,325,366 | 34,183,187 | 0.61% | -0.57% |
| 2037 | 1,597,537,009 | 33,984,777 | 0.58% | -0.58% |
| 2038 | 1,606,300,646 | 33,782,992 | 0.55% | -0.59% |
| 2039 | 1,614,639,243 | 33,577,269 | 0.52% | -0.61% |
| 2040 | 1,622,580,052 | 33,368,049 | 0.49% | -0.62% |
| 2041 | 1,630,119,374 | 33,156,329 | 0.46% | -0.63% |
| 2042 | 1,637,235,363 | 32,941,367 | 0.44% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 1,643,915,269 | 32,722,775 | 0.41% | -0.66% |
| 2044 | 1,650,186,610 | 32,501,991 | 0.38% | -0.67% |
| 2045 | 1,656,067,585 | 32,278,695 | 0.36% | -0.69% |
| 2046 | 1,661,548,400 | 32,052,771 | 0.33% | -0.7% |
| 2047 | 1,666,628,151 | 31,824,481 | 0.31% | -0.71% |
| 2048 | 1,671,309,727 | 31,593,911 | 0.28% | -0.72% |
| 2049 | 1,675,619,893 | 31,360,713 | 0.26% | -0.74% |
| 2050 | 1,679,589,268 | 31,124,396 | 0.24% | -0.75% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).
India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.
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Population differences between India and Poland
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 79 years |
| Average age | 31.8 years | 42.7 years |
| Median age | 29.5 years | 42.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,264 ppl/mi² | 309 ppl/mi² |
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