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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Russia	India	Russia
1960	435,990,338	119,897,000	-	-
1961	446,564,729	121,236,000	2.43%	1.12%
1962	457,283,090	122,591,000	2.4%	1.12%
1963	468,138,575	123,960,000	2.37%	1.12%
1964	479,229,598	125,345,000	2.37%	1.12%
1965	490,140,146	126,745,000	2.28%	1.12%
1966	500,740,247	127,468,000	2.16%	0.57%
1967	511,606,372	128,196,000	2.17%	0.57%
1968	522,716,889	128,928,000	2.17%	0.57%
1969	533,880,544	129,664,000	2.14%	0.57%
1970	545,864,268	130,404,000	2.24%	0.57%
1971	558,096,387	131,155,000	2.24%	0.58%
1972	570,482,142	131,909,000	2.22%	0.57%
1973	583,465,598	132,669,000	2.28%	0.58%
1974	597,041,391	133,432,000	2.33%	0.58%
1975	611,309,535	134,200,000	2.39%	0.58%
1976	625,861,883	135,147,000	2.38%	0.71%
1977	640,801,103	136,100,000	2.39%	0.71%
1978	655,728,229	137,060,000	2.33%	0.71%
1979	671,155,747	138,027,000	2.35%	0.71%
1980	687,354,025	139,010,000	2.41%	0.71%
1981	703,696,250	139,941,000	2.38%	0.67%
1982	720,313,473	140,823,000	2.36%	0.63%
1983	737,372,681	141,668,000	2.37%	0.6%
1984	754,875,449	142,745,000	2.37%	0.76%
1985	772,647,793	143,858,000	2.35%	0.78%
1986	790,689,978	144,894,000	2.34%	0.72%
1987	808,931,270	145,908,000	2.31%	0.7%
1988	827,342,990	146,857,000	2.28%	0.65%
1989	846,039,529	147,721,000	2.26%	0.59%
1990	864,972,221	147,969,406	2.24%	0.17%
1991	883,927,600	148,394,216	2.19%	0.29%
1992	902,957,070	148,538,197	2.15%	0.1%
1993	922,118,387	148,458,777	2.12%	-0.05%
1994	941,163,767	148,407,912	2.07%	-0.03%
1995	960,301,044	148,375,787	2.03%	-0.02%
1996	979,678,458	148,160,129	2.02%	-0.15%
1997	999,133,762	147,915,361	1.99%	-0.17%
1998	1,018,665,080	147,670,784	1.95%	-0.17%
1999	1,038,225,823	147,214,776	1.92%	-0.31%
2000	1,057,922,733	146,596,869	1.9%	-0.42%
2001	1,077,898,575	145,976,482	1.89%	-0.42%
2002	1,097,600,380	145,306,497	1.83%	-0.46%
2003	1,116,803,006	144,648,618	1.75%	-0.45%
2004	1,135,991,513	144,067,316	1.72%	-0.4%
2005	1,154,676,322	143,518,814	1.64%	-0.38%
2006	1,172,878,890	143,049,637	1.58%	-0.33%
2007	1,190,676,021	142,805,114	1.52%	-0.17%
2008	1,207,930,964	142,742,366	1.45%	-0.04%
2009	1,225,524,753	142,785,348	1.46%	0.03%
2010	1,243,481,564	142,849,468	1.47%	0.04%
2011	1,261,224,954	143,018,195	1.43%	0.12%
2012	1,278,674,502	143,378,447	1.38%	0.25%
2013	1,295,829,511	143,805,638	1.34%	0.3%
2014	1,312,277,191	144,237,223	1.27%	0.3%
2015	1,328,024,498	144,640,716	1.2%	0.28%
2016	1,343,944,296	145,015,460	1.2%	0.26%
2017	1,359,657,400	145,293,260	1.17%	0.19%
2018	1,374,659,064	145,398,106	1.1%	0.07%
2019	1,389,030,312	145,453,291	1.05%	0.04%
2020	1,402,617,695	145,245,148	0.98%	-0.14%
2021	1,414,203,896	144,746,762	0.83%	-0.34%
2022	1,425,423,212	144,236,933	0.79%	-0.35%
2023	1,438,069,596	143,826,130	0.89%	-0.28%
2024	1,450,935,791	143,533,851	0.89%	-0.2%
2025	1,463,865,531	142,718,132	0.89%	-0.57%
2026	1,476,625,576	142,120,553	0.87%	-0.42%
2027	1,489,164,679	141,773,330	0.85%	-0.24%
2028	1,501,432,748	141,402,326	0.82%	-0.26%
2029	1,513,423,737	141,021,009	0.8%	-0.27%
2030	1,525,138,852	140,628,883	0.77%	-0.28%
2031	1,536,540,604	140,218,596	0.75%	-0.29%
2032	1,547,607,126	139,807,207	0.72%	-0.29%
2033	1,558,324,087	139,414,947	0.69%	-0.28%
2034	1,568,688,356	139,034,543	0.67%	-0.27%
2035	1,578,694,799	138,666,694	0.64%	-0.26%
2036	1,588,325,366	138,311,757	0.61%	-0.26%
2037	1,597,537,009	137,968,177	0.58%	-0.25%
2038	1,606,300,646	137,643,032	0.55%	-0.24%
2039	1,614,639,243	137,336,299	0.52%	-0.22%
2040	1,622,580,052	137,053,347	0.49%	-0.21%
2041	1,630,119,374	136,795,588	0.46%	-0.19%
2042	1,637,235,363	136,558,692	0.44%	-0.17%
2043	1,643,915,269	136,335,849	0.41%	-0.16%
2044	1,650,186,610	136,124,845	0.38%	-0.15%
2045	1,656,067,585	135,933,758	0.36%	-0.14%
2046	1,661,548,400	135,756,848	0.33%	-0.13%
2047	1,666,628,151	135,574,181	0.31%	-0.13%
2048	1,671,309,727	135,372,557	0.28%	-0.15%
2049	1,675,619,893	135,156,911	0.26%	-0.16%
2050	1,679,589,268	134,923,391	0.24%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.