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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Portugal	India	Portugal
1960	435,990,338	8,857,716	-	-
1961	446,564,729	8,929,316	2.43%	0.81%
1962	457,283,090	8,993,985	2.4%	0.72%
1963	468,138,575	9,030,355	2.37%	0.4%
1964	479,229,598	9,035,365	2.37%	0.06%
1965	490,140,146	8,998,595	2.28%	-0.41%
1966	500,740,247	8,930,990	2.16%	-0.75%
1967	511,606,372	8,874,520	2.17%	-0.63%
1968	522,716,889	8,836,650	2.17%	-0.43%
1969	533,880,544	8,757,705	2.14%	-0.89%
1970	545,864,268	8,680,431	2.24%	-0.88%
1971	558,096,387	8,643,756	2.24%	-0.42%
1972	570,482,142	8,630,430	2.22%	-0.15%
1973	583,465,598	8,633,100	2.28%	0.03%
1974	597,041,391	8,754,365	2.33%	1.4%
1975	611,309,535	9,093,470	2.39%	3.87%
1976	625,861,883	9,355,810	2.38%	2.88%
1977	640,801,103	9,455,675	2.39%	1.07%
1978	655,728,229	9,558,250	2.33%	1.08%
1979	671,155,747	9,661,265	2.35%	1.08%
1980	687,354,025	9,766,312	2.41%	1.09%
1981	703,696,250	9,851,362	2.38%	0.87%
1982	720,313,473	9,911,771	2.36%	0.61%
1983	737,372,681	9,957,865	2.37%	0.47%
1984	754,875,449	9,996,232	2.37%	0.39%
1985	772,647,793	10,023,613	2.35%	0.27%
1986	790,689,978	10,032,734	2.34%	0.09%
1987	808,931,270	10,030,031	2.31%	-0.03%
1988	827,342,990	10,019,610	2.28%	-0.1%
1989	846,039,529	10,005,000	2.26%	-0.15%
1990	864,972,221	9,983,218	2.24%	-0.22%
1991	883,927,600	9,960,235	2.19%	-0.23%
1992	902,957,070	9,952,494	2.15%	-0.08%
1993	922,118,387	9,964,675	2.12%	0.12%
1994	941,163,767	9,991,525	2.07%	0.27%
1995	960,301,044	10,026,176	2.03%	0.35%
1996	979,678,458	10,063,945	2.02%	0.38%
1997	999,133,762	10,108,977	1.99%	0.45%
1998	1,018,665,080	10,160,196	1.95%	0.51%
1999	1,038,225,823	10,217,828	1.92%	0.57%
2000	1,057,922,733	10,289,898	1.9%	0.71%
2001	1,077,898,575	10,362,722	1.89%	0.71%
2002	1,097,600,380	10,419,631	1.83%	0.55%
2003	1,116,803,006	10,458,821	1.75%	0.38%
2004	1,135,991,513	10,483,861	1.72%	0.24%
2005	1,154,676,322	10,503,330	1.64%	0.19%
2006	1,172,878,890	10,522,288	1.58%	0.18%
2007	1,190,676,021	10,542,964	1.52%	0.2%
2008	1,207,930,964	10,558,177	1.45%	0.14%
2009	1,225,524,753	10,568,247	1.46%	0.1%
2010	1,243,481,564	10,573,100	1.47%	0.05%
2011	1,261,224,954	10,557,560	1.43%	-0.15%
2012	1,278,674,502	10,514,844	1.38%	-0.4%
2013	1,295,829,511	10,457,295	1.34%	-0.55%
2014	1,312,277,191	10,401,062	1.27%	-0.54%
2015	1,328,024,498	10,358,076	1.2%	-0.41%
2016	1,343,944,296	10,325,452	1.2%	-0.31%
2017	1,359,657,400	10,300,300	1.17%	-0.24%
2018	1,374,659,064	10,283,822	1.1%	-0.16%
2019	1,389,030,312	10,286,263	1.05%	0.02%
2020	1,402,617,695	10,297,081	0.98%	0.11%
2021	1,414,203,896	10,361,831	0.83%	0.63%
2022	1,425,423,212	10,434,332	0.79%	0.7%
2023	1,438,069,596	10,578,174	0.89%	1.38%
2024	1,450,935,791	10,701,636	0.89%	1.17%
2025	1,463,865,531	10,687,819	0.89%	-0.13%
2026	1,476,625,576	10,670,917	0.87%	-0.16%
2027	1,489,164,679	10,653,073	0.85%	-0.17%
2028	1,501,432,748	10,632,868	0.82%	-0.19%
2029	1,513,423,737	10,611,484	0.8%	-0.2%
2030	1,525,138,852	10,591,436	0.77%	-0.19%
2031	1,536,540,604	10,571,418	0.75%	-0.19%
2032	1,547,607,126	10,549,456	0.72%	-0.21%
2033	1,558,324,087	10,526,482	0.69%	-0.22%
2034	1,568,688,356	10,502,882	0.67%	-0.22%
2035	1,578,694,799	10,478,843	0.64%	-0.23%
2036	1,588,325,366	10,454,630	0.61%	-0.23%
2037	1,597,537,009	10,430,128	0.58%	-0.23%
2038	1,606,300,646	10,404,947	0.55%	-0.24%
2039	1,614,639,243	10,377,968	0.52%	-0.26%
2040	1,622,580,052	10,349,515	0.49%	-0.27%
2041	1,630,119,374	10,321,577	0.46%	-0.27%
2042	1,637,235,363	10,294,106	0.44%	-0.27%
2043	1,643,915,269	10,264,596	0.41%	-0.29%
2044	1,650,186,610	10,233,543	0.38%	-0.3%
2045	1,656,067,585	10,201,832	0.36%	-0.31%
2046	1,661,548,400	10,168,932	0.33%	-0.32%
2047	1,666,628,151	10,135,159	0.31%	-0.33%
2048	1,671,309,727	10,101,419	0.28%	-0.33%
2049	1,675,619,893	10,066,064	0.26%	-0.35%
2050	1,679,589,268	10,029,252	0.24%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.