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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Thailand	India	Thailand
1960	435,990,338	26,851,747	-	-
1961	446,564,729	27,650,334	2.43%	2.97%
1962	457,283,090	28,481,040	2.4%	3%
1963	468,138,575	29,342,322	2.37%	3.02%
1964	479,229,598	30,232,141	2.37%	3.03%
1965	490,140,146	31,149,337	2.28%	3.03%
1966	500,740,247	32,086,071	2.16%	3.01%
1967	511,606,372	33,037,801	2.17%	2.97%
1968	522,716,889	34,002,560	2.17%	2.92%
1969	533,880,544	34,973,782	2.14%	2.86%
1970	545,864,268	35,954,408	2.24%	2.8%
1971	558,096,387	36,937,387	2.24%	2.73%
1972	570,482,142	37,933,929	2.22%	2.7%
1973	583,465,598	38,947,787	2.28%	2.67%
1974	597,041,391	39,952,891	2.33%	2.58%
1975	611,309,535	40,940,005	2.39%	2.47%
1976	625,861,883	41,896,504	2.38%	2.34%
1977	640,801,103	42,843,974	2.39%	2.26%
1978	655,728,229	43,788,976	2.33%	2.21%
1979	671,155,747	44,718,434	2.35%	2.12%
1980	687,354,025	45,650,022	2.41%	2.08%
1981	703,696,250	46,575,855	2.38%	2.03%
1982	720,313,473	47,494,577	2.36%	1.97%
1983	737,372,681	48,423,309	2.37%	1.96%
1984	754,875,449	49,351,708	2.37%	1.92%
1985	772,647,793	50,270,753	2.35%	1.86%
1986	790,689,978	51,177,834	2.34%	1.8%
1987	808,931,270	52,074,105	2.31%	1.75%
1988	827,342,990	52,969,595	2.28%	1.72%
1989	846,039,529	53,848,956	2.26%	1.66%
1990	864,972,221	54,738,329	2.24%	1.65%
1991	883,927,600	55,637,434	2.19%	1.64%
1992	902,957,070	56,528,834	2.15%	1.6%
1993	922,118,387	57,408,198	2.12%	1.56%
1994	941,163,767	58,260,854	2.07%	1.49%
1995	960,301,044	59,098,232	2.03%	1.44%
1996	979,678,458	59,920,064	2.02%	1.39%
1997	999,133,762	60,724,584	1.99%	1.34%
1998	1,018,665,080	61,522,630	1.95%	1.31%
1999	1,038,225,823	62,299,043	1.92%	1.26%
2000	1,057,922,733	63,007,815	1.9%	1.14%
2001	1,077,898,575	63,651,141	1.89%	1.02%
2002	1,097,600,380	64,266,437	1.83%	0.97%
2003	1,116,803,006	64,868,166	1.75%	0.94%
2004	1,135,991,513	65,452,047	1.72%	0.9%
2005	1,154,676,322	66,017,420	1.64%	0.86%
2006	1,172,878,890	66,567,687	1.58%	0.83%
2007	1,190,676,021	67,102,394	1.52%	0.8%
2008	1,207,930,964	67,619,830	1.45%	0.77%
2009	1,225,524,753	68,121,080	1.46%	0.74%
2010	1,243,481,564	68,579,447	1.47%	0.67%
2011	1,261,224,954	69,007,208	1.43%	0.62%
2012	1,278,674,502	69,436,098	1.38%	0.62%
2013	1,295,829,511	69,845,114	1.34%	0.59%
2014	1,312,277,191	70,216,367	1.27%	0.53%
2015	1,328,024,498	70,540,795	1.2%	0.46%
2016	1,343,944,296	70,859,841	1.2%	0.45%
2017	1,359,657,400	71,160,187	1.17%	0.42%
2018	1,374,659,064	71,376,079	1.1%	0.3%
2019	1,389,030,312	71,522,271	1.05%	0.2%
2020	1,402,617,695	71,641,484	0.98%	0.17%
2021	1,414,203,896	71,727,332	0.83%	0.12%
2022	1,425,423,212	71,735,329	0.79%	0.01%
2023	1,438,069,596	71,702,435	0.89%	-0.05%
2024	1,450,935,791	71,668,011	0.89%	-0.05%
2025	1,463,865,531	71,619,867	0.89%	-0.07%
2026	1,476,625,576	71,559,621	0.87%	-0.08%
2027	1,489,164,679	71,488,156	0.85%	-0.1%
2028	1,501,432,748	71,406,996	0.82%	-0.11%
2029	1,513,423,737	71,316,195	0.8%	-0.13%
2030	1,525,138,852	71,215,017	0.77%	-0.14%
2031	1,536,540,604	71,104,025	0.75%	-0.16%
2032	1,547,607,126	70,982,286	0.72%	-0.17%
2033	1,558,324,087	70,847,947	0.69%	-0.19%
2034	1,568,688,356	70,701,651	0.67%	-0.21%
2035	1,578,694,799	70,540,884	0.64%	-0.23%
2036	1,588,325,366	70,366,496	0.61%	-0.25%
2037	1,597,537,009	70,180,031	0.58%	-0.26%
2038	1,606,300,646	69,979,034	0.55%	-0.29%
2039	1,614,639,243	69,763,928	0.52%	-0.31%
2040	1,622,580,052	69,535,003	0.49%	-0.33%
2041	1,630,119,374	69,288,477	0.46%	-0.35%
2042	1,637,235,363	69,025,348	0.44%	-0.38%
2043	1,643,915,269	68,748,075	0.41%	-0.4%
2044	1,650,186,610	68,456,533	0.38%	-0.42%
2045	1,656,067,585	68,150,148	0.36%	-0.45%
2046	1,661,548,400	67,827,309	0.33%	-0.47%
2047	1,666,628,151	67,489,358	0.31%	-0.5%
2048	1,671,309,727	67,136,737	0.28%	-0.52%
2049	1,675,619,893	66,767,316	0.26%	-0.55%
2050	1,679,589,268	66,382,732	0.24%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.