Population in India compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

India and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Sri Lanka	India	Sri Lanka
1960	435,990,338	9,661,389	-	-
1961	446,564,729	9,899,372	2.43%	2.46%
1962	457,283,090	10,143,754	2.4%	2.47%
1963	468,138,575	10,395,040	2.37%	2.48%
1964	479,229,598	10,653,397	2.37%	2.49%
1965	490,140,146	10,916,965	2.28%	2.47%
1966	500,740,247	11,183,928	2.16%	2.45%
1967	511,606,372	11,457,328	2.17%	2.44%
1968	522,716,889	11,736,088	2.17%	2.43%
1969	533,880,544	12,013,858	2.14%	2.37%
1970	545,864,268	12,287,110	2.24%	2.27%
1971	558,096,387	12,551,910	2.24%	2.16%
1972	570,482,142	12,809,205	2.22%	2.05%
1973	583,465,598	13,060,916	2.28%	1.97%
1974	597,041,391	13,305,693	2.33%	1.87%
1975	611,309,535	13,548,984	2.39%	1.83%
1976	625,861,883	13,796,770	2.38%	1.83%
1977	640,801,103	14,049,371	2.39%	1.83%
1978	655,728,229	14,310,128	2.33%	1.86%
1979	671,155,747	14,579,614	2.35%	1.88%
1980	687,354,025	14,847,974	2.41%	1.84%
1981	703,696,250	15,099,414	2.38%	1.69%
1982	720,313,473	15,286,567	2.36%	1.24%
1983	737,372,681	15,388,794	2.37%	0.67%
1984	754,875,449	15,441,860	2.37%	0.34%
1985	772,647,793	15,544,154	2.35%	0.66%
1986	790,689,978	15,731,256	2.34%	1.2%
1987	808,931,270	15,916,576	2.31%	1.18%
1988	827,342,990	16,078,621	2.28%	1.02%
1989	846,039,529	16,248,557	2.26%	1.06%
1990	864,972,221	16,352,458	2.24%	0.64%
1991	883,927,600	16,475,354	2.19%	0.75%
1992	902,957,070	16,739,284	2.15%	1.6%
1993	922,118,387	17,025,918	2.12%	1.71%
1994	941,163,767	17,275,773	2.07%	1.47%
1995	960,301,044	17,564,068	2.03%	1.67%
1996	979,678,458	17,905,018	2.02%	1.94%
1997	999,133,762	18,248,200	1.99%	1.92%
1998	1,018,665,080	18,596,003	1.95%	1.91%
1999	1,038,225,823	18,944,731	1.92%	1.88%
2000	1,057,922,733	19,293,054	1.9%	1.84%
2001	1,077,898,575	19,600,362	1.89%	1.59%
2002	1,097,600,380	19,805,752	1.83%	1.05%
2003	1,116,803,006	19,951,521	1.75%	0.74%
2004	1,135,991,513	20,087,605	1.72%	0.68%
2005	1,154,676,322	20,216,524	1.64%	0.64%
2006	1,172,878,890	20,352,411	1.58%	0.67%
2007	1,190,676,021	20,492,545	1.52%	0.69%
2008	1,207,930,964	20,629,378	1.45%	0.67%
2009	1,225,524,753	20,756,435	1.46%	0.62%
2010	1,243,481,564	20,879,089	1.47%	0.59%
2011	1,261,224,954	21,009,048	1.43%	0.62%
2012	1,278,674,502	21,169,458	1.38%	0.76%
2013	1,295,829,511	20,585,000	1.34%	-2.76%
2014	1,312,277,191	20,778,000	1.27%	0.94%
2015	1,328,024,498	20,970,000	1.2%	0.92%
2016	1,343,944,296	21,209,000	1.2%	1.14%
2017	1,359,657,400	21,453,000	1.17%	1.15%
2018	1,374,659,064	21,670,000	1.1%	1.01%
2019	1,389,030,312	21,803,000	1.05%	0.61%
2020	1,402,617,695	21,919,000	0.98%	0.53%
2021	1,414,203,896	22,156,000	0.83%	1.08%
2022	1,425,423,212	22,181,000	0.79%	0.11%
2023	1,438,069,596	22,037,000	0.89%	-0.65%
2024	1,450,935,791	21,916,000	0.89%	-0.55%
2025	1,463,865,531	22,035,440	0.89%	0.54%
2026	1,476,625,576	22,148,172	0.87%	0.51%
2027	1,489,164,679	22,255,601	0.85%	0.49%
2028	1,501,432,748	22,357,682	0.82%	0.46%
2029	1,513,423,737	22,453,922	0.8%	0.43%
2030	1,525,138,852	22,546,245	0.77%	0.41%
2031	1,536,540,604	22,635,106	0.75%	0.39%
2032	1,547,607,126	22,720,118	0.72%	0.38%
2033	1,558,324,087	22,802,043	0.69%	0.36%
2034	1,568,688,356	22,879,527	0.67%	0.34%
2035	1,578,694,799	22,952,739	0.64%	0.32%
2036	1,588,325,366	23,022,027	0.61%	0.3%
2037	1,597,537,009	23,088,877	0.58%	0.29%
2038	1,606,300,646	23,152,480	0.55%	0.28%
2039	1,614,639,243	23,211,633	0.52%	0.26%
2040	1,622,580,052	23,265,986	0.49%	0.23%
2041	1,630,119,374	23,315,260	0.46%	0.21%
2042	1,637,235,363	23,359,578	0.44%	0.19%
2043	1,643,915,269	23,398,752	0.41%	0.17%
2044	1,650,186,610	23,433,096	0.38%	0.15%
2045	1,656,067,585	23,464,943	0.36%	0.14%
2046	1,661,548,400	23,492,738	0.33%	0.12%
2047	1,666,628,151	23,512,629	0.31%	0.08%
2048	1,671,309,727	23,525,953	0.28%	0.06%
2049	1,675,619,893	23,533,940	0.26%	0.03%
2050	1,679,589,268	23,538,230	0.24%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.