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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Romania	India	Romania
1960	435,990,338	18,406,905	-	-
1961	446,564,729	18,555,250	2.43%	0.81%
1962	457,283,090	18,676,550	2.4%	0.65%
1963	468,138,575	18,797,850	2.37%	0.65%
1964	479,229,598	18,919,126	2.37%	0.65%
1965	490,140,146	19,031,576	2.28%	0.59%
1966	500,740,247	19,215,450	2.16%	0.97%
1967	511,606,372	19,534,242	2.17%	1.66%
1968	522,716,889	19,799,831	2.17%	1.36%
1969	533,880,544	20,009,141	2.14%	1.06%
1970	545,864,268	20,250,398	2.24%	1.21%
1971	558,096,387	20,461,567	2.24%	1.04%
1972	570,482,142	20,657,957	2.22%	0.96%
1973	583,465,598	20,835,681	2.28%	0.86%
1974	597,041,391	21,029,429	2.33%	0.93%
1975	611,309,535	21,293,583	2.39%	1.26%
1976	625,861,883	21,551,634	2.38%	1.21%
1977	640,801,103	21,756,096	2.39%	0.95%
1978	655,728,229	21,951,464	2.33%	0.9%
1979	671,155,747	22,090,488	2.35%	0.63%
1980	687,354,025	22,207,282	2.41%	0.53%
1981	703,696,250	22,353,070	2.38%	0.66%
1982	720,313,473	22,475,741	2.36%	0.55%
1983	737,372,681	22,560,478	2.37%	0.38%
1984	754,875,449	22,640,547	2.37%	0.35%
1985	772,647,793	22,732,999	2.35%	0.41%
1986	790,689,978	22,836,841	2.34%	0.46%
1987	808,931,270	22,949,430	2.31%	0.49%
1988	827,342,990	23,057,662	2.28%	0.47%
1989	846,039,529	23,161,458	2.26%	0.45%
1990	864,972,221	23,201,835	2.24%	0.17%
1991	883,927,600	23,001,155	2.19%	-0.86%
1992	902,957,070	22,794,284	2.15%	-0.9%
1993	922,118,387	22,763,280	2.12%	-0.14%
1994	941,163,767	22,730,211	2.07%	-0.15%
1995	960,301,044	22,684,270	2.03%	-0.2%
1996	979,678,458	22,619,004	2.02%	-0.29%
1997	999,133,762	22,553,978	1.99%	-0.29%
1998	1,018,665,080	22,507,344	1.95%	-0.21%
1999	1,038,225,823	22,472,040	1.92%	-0.16%
2000	1,057,922,733	22,442,971	1.9%	-0.13%
2001	1,077,898,575	22,131,970	1.89%	-1.39%
2002	1,097,600,380	21,730,496	1.83%	-1.81%
2003	1,116,803,006	21,574,326	1.75%	-0.72%
2004	1,135,991,513	21,451,748	1.72%	-0.57%
2005	1,154,676,322	21,319,685	1.64%	-0.62%
2006	1,172,878,890	21,193,760	1.58%	-0.59%
2007	1,190,676,021	20,882,982	1.52%	-1.47%
2008	1,207,930,964	20,537,875	1.45%	-1.65%
2009	1,225,524,753	20,367,487	1.46%	-0.83%
2010	1,243,481,564	20,246,871	1.47%	-0.59%
2011	1,261,224,954	20,147,528	1.43%	-0.49%
2012	1,278,674,502	20,058,035	1.38%	-0.44%
2013	1,295,829,511	19,983,693	1.34%	-0.37%
2014	1,312,277,191	19,908,979	1.27%	-0.37%
2015	1,328,024,498	19,815,616	1.2%	-0.47%
2016	1,343,944,296	19,702,267	1.2%	-0.57%
2017	1,359,657,400	19,588,715	1.17%	-0.58%
2018	1,374,659,064	19,473,970	1.1%	-0.59%
2019	1,389,030,312	19,371,648	1.05%	-0.53%
2020	1,402,617,695	19,265,250	0.98%	-0.55%
2021	1,414,203,896	19,122,059	0.83%	-0.74%
2022	1,425,423,212	19,048,502	0.79%	-0.38%
2023	1,438,069,596	19,061,062	0.89%	0.07%
2024	1,450,935,791	19,051,804	0.89%	-0.05%
2025	1,463,865,531	18,945,157	0.89%	-0.56%
2026	1,476,625,576	18,836,893	0.87%	-0.57%
2027	1,489,164,679	18,727,645	0.85%	-0.58%
2028	1,501,432,748	18,617,757	0.82%	-0.59%
2029	1,513,423,737	18,506,702	0.8%	-0.6%
2030	1,525,138,852	18,394,947	0.77%	-0.6%
2031	1,536,540,604	18,282,991	0.75%	-0.61%
2032	1,547,607,126	18,170,681	0.72%	-0.61%
2033	1,558,324,087	18,057,661	0.69%	-0.62%
2034	1,568,688,356	17,943,814	0.67%	-0.63%
2035	1,578,694,799	17,828,772	0.64%	-0.64%
2036	1,588,325,366	17,712,177	0.61%	-0.65%
2037	1,597,537,009	17,595,189	0.58%	-0.66%
2038	1,606,300,646	17,477,597	0.55%	-0.67%
2039	1,614,639,243	17,360,012	0.52%	-0.67%
2040	1,622,580,052	17,242,939	0.49%	-0.67%
2041	1,630,119,374	17,124,773	0.46%	-0.69%
2042	1,637,235,363	17,006,515	0.44%	-0.69%
2043	1,643,915,269	16,888,882	0.41%	-0.69%
2044	1,650,186,610	16,770,593	0.38%	-0.7%
2045	1,656,067,585	16,652,406	0.36%	-0.7%
2046	1,661,548,400	16,534,847	0.33%	-0.71%
2047	1,666,628,151	16,416,456	0.31%	-0.72%
2048	1,671,309,727	16,297,099	0.28%	-0.73%
2049	1,675,619,893	16,177,534	0.26%	-0.73%
2050	1,679,589,268	16,058,209	0.24%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.