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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Qatar	India	Qatar
1960	435,990,338	36,010	-	-
1961	446,564,729	39,680	2.43%	10.2%
1962	457,283,090	44,630	2.4%	12.5%
1963	468,138,575	50,380	2.37%	12.9%
1964	479,229,598	56,867	2.37%	12.9%
1965	490,140,146	64,065	2.28%	12.7%
1966	500,740,247	72,192	2.16%	12.7%
1967	511,606,372	81,439	2.17%	12.8%
1968	522,716,889	91,749	2.17%	12.7%
1969	533,880,544	103,025	2.14%	12.3%
1970	545,864,268	116,350	2.24%	12.9%
1971	558,096,387	131,346	2.24%	12.9%
1972	570,482,142	146,506	2.22%	11.5%
1973	583,465,598	161,841	2.28%	10.5%
1974	597,041,391	177,362	2.33%	9.59%
1975	611,309,535	193,087	2.39%	8.87%
1976	625,861,883	209,052	2.38%	8.27%
1977	640,801,103	225,285	2.39%	7.77%
1978	655,728,229	241,808	2.33%	7.33%
1979	671,155,747	258,670	2.35%	6.97%
1980	687,354,025	275,913	2.41%	6.67%
1981	703,696,250	293,553	2.38%	6.39%
1982	720,313,473	311,537	2.36%	6.13%
1983	737,372,681	329,709	2.37%	5.83%
1984	754,875,449	347,878	2.37%	5.51%
1985	772,647,793	365,940	2.35%	5.19%
1986	790,689,978	382,422	2.34%	4.5%
1987	808,931,270	397,005	2.31%	3.81%
1988	827,342,990	411,264	2.28%	3.59%
1989	846,039,529	425,646	2.26%	3.5%
1990	864,972,221	440,175	2.24%	3.41%
1991	883,927,600	454,853	2.19%	3.33%
1992	902,957,070	469,657	2.15%	3.25%
1993	922,118,387	484,545	2.12%	3.17%
1994	941,163,767	499,459	2.07%	3.08%
1995	960,301,044	514,325	2.03%	2.98%
1996	979,678,458	529,019	2.02%	2.86%
1997	999,133,762	550,500	1.99%	4.06%
1998	1,018,665,080	580,540	1.95%	5.46%
1999	1,038,225,823	612,500	1.92%	5.51%
2000	1,057,922,733	644,989	1.9%	5.3%
2001	1,077,898,575	677,925	1.89%	5.11%
2002	1,097,600,380	711,205	1.83%	4.91%
2003	1,116,803,006	744,682	1.75%	4.71%
2004	1,135,991,513	773,332	1.72%	3.85%
2005	1,154,676,322	825,408	1.64%	6.73%
2006	1,172,878,890	972,831	1.58%	17.9%
2007	1,190,676,021	1,208,595	1.52%	24.2%
2008	1,207,930,964	1,426,938	1.45%	18.1%
2009	1,225,524,753	1,608,903	1.46%	12.8%
2010	1,243,481,564	1,616,832	1.47%	0.49%
2011	1,261,224,954	1,624,761	1.43%	0.49%
2012	1,278,674,502	1,722,438	1.38%	6.01%
2013	1,295,829,511	1,916,426	1.34%	11.3%
2014	1,312,277,191	2,151,745	1.27%	12.3%
2015	1,328,024,498	2,344,557	1.2%	8.96%
2016	1,343,944,296	2,477,113	1.2%	5.65%
2017	1,359,657,400	2,545,820	1.17%	2.77%
2018	1,374,659,064	2,580,734	1.1%	1.37%
2019	1,389,030,312	2,638,657	1.05%	2.24%
2020	1,402,617,695	2,794,148	0.98%	5.89%
2021	1,414,203,896	2,504,910	0.83%	-10.4%
2022	1,425,423,212	2,657,333	0.79%	6.08%
2023	1,438,069,596	2,656,032	0.89%	-0.05%
2024	1,450,935,791	2,857,822	0.89%	7.6%
2025	1,463,865,531	2,921,065	0.89%	2.21%
2026	1,476,625,576	2,975,134	0.87%	1.85%
2027	1,489,164,679	3,019,526	0.85%	1.49%
2028	1,501,432,748	3,057,695	0.82%	1.26%
2029	1,513,423,737	3,092,803	0.8%	1.15%
2030	1,525,138,852	3,125,174	0.77%	1.05%
2031	1,536,540,604	3,156,754	0.75%	1.01%
2032	1,547,607,126	3,189,188	0.72%	1.03%
2033	1,558,324,087	3,222,500	0.69%	1.04%
2034	1,568,688,356	3,256,691	0.67%	1.06%
2035	1,578,694,799	3,291,711	0.64%	1.08%
2036	1,588,325,366	3,327,585	0.61%	1.09%
2037	1,597,537,009	3,364,333	0.58%	1.1%
2038	1,606,300,646	3,401,906	0.55%	1.12%
2039	1,614,639,243	3,440,293	0.52%	1.13%
2040	1,622,580,052	3,479,439	0.49%	1.14%
2041	1,630,119,374	3,519,302	0.46%	1.15%
2042	1,637,235,363	3,559,840	0.44%	1.15%
2043	1,643,915,269	3,601,019	0.41%	1.16%
2044	1,650,186,610	3,642,784	0.38%	1.16%
2045	1,656,067,585	3,685,111	0.36%	1.16%
2046	1,661,548,400	3,727,959	0.33%	1.16%
2047	1,666,628,151	3,771,287	0.31%	1.16%
2048	1,671,309,727	3,815,108	0.28%	1.16%
2049	1,675,619,893	3,859,368	0.26%	1.16%
2050	1,679,589,268	3,904,074	0.24%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.