The latest officially reported population of India was 1,450,935,791 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current India's population is 1,474,115,403 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 17.2 times bigger than Turkey's.
- India is ranked the 1st most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
- The countries together account for 18.9% of the world: 17.8% for India vs 1.04% for Turkey.
- For the last 10 years, India has had an average growth rate of +1.03% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
- Since 2005, the population of India has increased from 1.15B people to 1.47B (27.7% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
- India is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 1.7B people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.
India vs Turkey: live population counter
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| Current population |
1474115403
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85914550
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| Population rank | 1/197 | 18/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17.8% | 1.04% |
| One net population change |
2.45 seconds
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2.73 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.36 seconds
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33 seconds
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| One death every |
3.32 seconds
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59.6 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
50 seconds
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1.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -630,830 | -275,952 |
| Daily growth/decline | +35,250 | +528 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,866,195 | +192,696 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.89% | +0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 109/197 | 153/197 |
India and Turkey: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 435,990,338 | 28,329,898 | - | - |
| 1961 | 446,564,729 | 29,119,238 | 2.43% | 2.79% |
| 1962 | 457,283,090 | 29,916,147 | 2.4% | 2.74% |
| 1963 | 468,138,575 | 30,726,841 | 2.37% | 2.71% |
| 1964 | 479,229,598 | 31,543,072 | 2.37% | 2.66% |
| 1965 | 490,140,146 | 32,345,220 | 2.28% | 2.54% |
| 1966 | 500,740,247 | 33,177,672 | 2.16% | 2.57% |
| 1967 | 511,606,372 | 34,050,421 | 2.17% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 522,716,889 | 34,921,684 | 2.17% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 533,880,544 | 35,787,774 | 2.14% | 2.48% |
| 1970 | 545,864,268 | 36,638,465 | 2.24% | 2.38% |
| 1971 | 558,096,387 | 37,518,611 | 2.24% | 2.4% |
| 1972 | 570,482,142 | 38,430,221 | 2.22% | 2.43% |
| 1973 | 583,465,598 | 39,329,533 | 2.28% | 2.34% |
| 1974 | 597,041,391 | 40,210,234 | 2.33% | 2.24% |
| 1975 | 611,309,535 | 41,053,126 | 2.39% | 2.1% |
| 1976 | 625,861,883 | 41,899,984 | 2.38% | 2.06% |
| 1977 | 640,801,103 | 42,773,298 | 2.39% | 2.08% |
| 1978 | 655,728,229 | 43,645,306 | 2.33% | 2.04% |
| 1979 | 671,155,747 | 44,510,429 | 2.35% | 1.98% |
| 1980 | 687,354,025 | 45,408,815 | 2.41% | 2.02% |
| 1981 | 703,696,250 | 46,321,190 | 2.38% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 720,313,473 | 47,322,096 | 2.36% | 2.16% |
| 1983 | 737,372,681 | 48,447,410 | 2.37% | 2.38% |
| 1984 | 754,875,449 | 49,574,069 | 2.37% | 2.33% |
| 1985 | 772,647,793 | 50,687,115 | 2.35% | 2.25% |
| 1986 | 790,689,978 | 51,777,772 | 2.34% | 2.15% |
| 1987 | 808,931,270 | 52,843,670 | 2.31% | 2.06% |
| 1988 | 827,342,990 | 53,909,626 | 2.28% | 2.02% |
| 1989 | 846,039,529 | 54,976,723 | 2.26% | 1.98% |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 | 56,015,628 | 2.24% | 1.89% |
| 1991 | 883,927,600 | 57,009,887 | 2.19% | 1.77% |
| 1992 | 902,957,070 | 57,990,118 | 2.15% | 1.72% |
| 1993 | 922,118,387 | 58,999,167 | 2.12% | 1.74% |
| 1994 | 941,163,767 | 60,033,836 | 2.07% | 1.75% |
| 1995 | 960,301,044 | 61,024,503 | 2.03% | 1.65% |
| 1996 | 979,678,458 | 61,951,134 | 2.02% | 1.52% |
| 1997 | 999,133,762 | 62,852,966 | 1.99% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 1,018,665,080 | 63,734,383 | 1.95% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 1,038,225,823 | 64,591,923 | 1.92% | 1.35% |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,733 | 65,425,961 | 1.9% | 1.29% |
| 2001 | 1,077,898,575 | 66,245,128 | 1.89% | 1.25% |
| 2002 | 1,097,600,380 | 67,048,795 | 1.83% | 1.21% |
| 2003 | 1,116,803,006 | 67,831,730 | 1.75% | 1.17% |
| 2004 | 1,135,991,513 | 68,592,617 | 1.72% | 1.12% |
| 2005 | 1,154,676,322 | 69,329,557 | 1.64% | 1.07% |
| 2006 | 1,172,878,890 | 70,045,349 | 1.58% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 1,190,676,021 | 70,158,112 | 1.52% | 0.16% |
| 2008 | 1,207,930,964 | 71,051,678 | 1.45% | 1.27% |
| 2009 | 1,225,524,753 | 72,039,206 | 1.46% | 1.39% |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,564 | 73,142,150 | 1.47% | 1.53% |
| 2011 | 1,261,224,954 | 74,223,629 | 1.43% | 1.48% |
| 2012 | 1,278,674,502 | 75,175,827 | 1.38% | 1.28% |
| 2013 | 1,295,829,511 | 76,147,624 | 1.34% | 1.29% |
| 2014 | 1,312,277,191 | 77,181,884 | 1.27% | 1.36% |
| 2015 | 1,328,024,498 | 78,218,479 | 1.2% | 1.34% |
| 2016 | 1,343,944,296 | 79,277,962 | 1.2% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 1,359,657,400 | 80,312,698 | 1.17% | 1.31% |
| 2018 | 1,374,659,064 | 81,407,204 | 1.1% | 1.36% |
| 2019 | 1,389,030,312 | 82,579,440 | 1.05% | 1.44% |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,695 | 83,384,680 | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 2021 | 1,414,203,896 | 84,147,318 | 0.83% | 0.91% |
| 2022 | 1,425,423,212 | 84,979,913 | 0.79% | 0.99% |
| 2023 | 1,438,069,596 | 85,325,965 | 0.89% | 0.41% |
| 2024 | 1,450,935,791 | 85,518,661 | 0.89% | 0.23% |
| 2025 | 1,463,865,531 | 85,725,557 | 0.89% | 0.24% |
| 2026 | 1,476,625,576 | 85,960,835 | 0.87% | 0.27% |
| 2027 | 1,489,164,679 | 86,227,115 | 0.85% | 0.31% |
| 2028 | 1,501,432,748 | 86,502,744 | 0.82% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 1,513,423,737 | 86,771,652 | 0.8% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 1,525,138,852 | 87,037,680 | 0.77% | 0.31% |
| 2031 | 1,536,540,604 | 87,297,191 | 0.75% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 1,547,607,126 | 87,537,075 | 0.72% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 1,558,324,087 | 87,762,403 | 0.69% | 0.26% |
| 2034 | 1,568,688,356 | 87,974,138 | 0.67% | 0.24% |
| 2035 | 1,578,694,799 | 88,172,739 | 0.64% | 0.23% |
| 2036 | 1,588,325,366 | 88,364,318 | 0.61% | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 1,597,537,009 | 88,545,669 | 0.58% | 0.21% |
| 2038 | 1,606,300,646 | 88,707,268 | 0.55% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 1,614,639,243 | 88,849,956 | 0.52% | 0.16% |
| 2040 | 1,622,580,052 | 88,975,510 | 0.49% | 0.14% |
| 2041 | 1,630,119,374 | 89,083,304 | 0.46% | 0.12% |
| 2042 | 1,637,235,363 | 89,177,769 | 0.44% | 0.11% |
| 2043 | 1,643,915,269 | 89,254,147 | 0.41% | 0.09% |
| 2044 | 1,650,186,610 | 89,311,458 | 0.38% | 0.06% |
| 2045 | 1,656,067,585 | 89,349,806 | 0.36% | 0.04% |
| 2046 | 1,661,548,400 | 89,375,429 | 0.33% | 0.03% |
| 2047 | 1,666,628,151 | 89,383,765 | 0.31% | 0.009% |
| 2048 | 1,671,309,727 | 89,361,174 | 0.28% | -0.03% |
| 2049 | 1,675,619,893 | 89,306,566 | 0.26% | -0.06% |
| 2050 | 1,679,589,268 | 89,218,346 | 0.24% | -0.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).
India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.
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Population differences between India and Turkey
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| Life expectancy | 72.5 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 31.8 years | 35.3 years |
| Median age | 29.5 years | 34 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,264 ppl/mi² | 287.8 ppl/mi² |
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