Population in India compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

India and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	United Kingdom	India	United Kingdom
1960	435,990,338	52,400,000	-	-
1961	446,564,729	52,800,000	2.43%	0.76%
1962	457,283,090	53,250,000	2.4%	0.85%
1963	468,138,575	53,650,000	2.37%	0.75%
1964	479,229,598	54,000,000	2.37%	0.65%
1965	490,140,146	54,348,050	2.28%	0.64%
1966	500,740,247	54,648,500	2.16%	0.55%
1967	511,606,372	54,943,600	2.17%	0.54%
1968	522,716,889	55,211,700	2.17%	0.49%
1969	533,880,544	55,441,750	2.14%	0.42%
1970	545,864,268	55,663,250	2.24%	0.4%
1971	558,096,387	55,896,223	2.24%	0.42%
1972	570,482,142	56,086,065	2.22%	0.34%
1973	583,465,598	56,194,527	2.28%	0.19%
1974	597,041,391	56,229,974	2.33%	0.06%
1975	611,309,535	56,225,800	2.39%	-0.007%
1976	625,861,883	56,211,968	2.38%	-0.02%
1977	640,801,103	56,193,492	2.39%	-0.03%
1978	655,728,229	56,196,504	2.33%	0.005%
1979	671,155,747	56,246,951	2.35%	0.09%
1980	687,354,025	56,314,216	2.41%	0.12%
1981	703,696,250	56,333,829	2.38%	0.03%
1982	720,313,473	56,313,641	2.36%	-0.04%
1983	737,372,681	56,332,848	2.37%	0.03%
1984	754,875,449	56,422,072	2.37%	0.16%
1985	772,647,793	56,550,268	2.35%	0.23%
1986	790,689,978	56,681,396	2.34%	0.23%
1987	808,931,270	56,802,050	2.31%	0.21%
1988	827,342,990	56,928,327	2.28%	0.22%
1989	846,039,529	57,076,711	2.26%	0.26%
1990	864,972,221	57,247,586	2.24%	0.3%
1991	883,927,600	57,424,897	2.19%	0.31%
1992	902,957,070	57,580,402	2.15%	0.27%
1993	922,118,387	57,718,614	2.12%	0.24%
1994	941,163,767	57,865,745	2.07%	0.25%
1995	960,301,044	58,019,030	2.03%	0.26%
1996	979,678,458	58,166,950	2.02%	0.25%
1997	999,133,762	58,316,954	1.99%	0.26%
1998	1,018,665,080	58,487,141	1.95%	0.29%
1999	1,038,225,823	58,682,466	1.92%	0.33%
2000	1,057,922,733	58,892,514	1.9%	0.36%
2001	1,077,898,575	59,119,673	1.89%	0.39%
2002	1,097,600,380	59,370,479	1.83%	0.42%
2003	1,116,803,006	59,647,577	1.75%	0.47%
2004	1,135,991,513	59,987,905	1.72%	0.57%
2005	1,154,676,322	60,401,206	1.64%	0.69%
2006	1,172,878,890	60,846,820	1.58%	0.74%
2007	1,190,676,021	61,322,463	1.52%	0.78%
2008	1,207,930,964	61,806,995	1.45%	0.79%
2009	1,225,524,753	62,276,270	1.46%	0.76%
2010	1,243,481,564	62,766,365	1.47%	0.79%
2011	1,261,224,954	63,258,810	1.43%	0.78%
2012	1,278,674,502	63,711,000	1.38%	0.71%
2013	1,295,829,511	64,139,000	1.34%	0.67%
2014	1,312,277,191	64,620,000	1.27%	0.75%
2015	1,328,024,498	65,088,000	1.2%	0.72%
2016	1,343,944,296	65,607,000	1.2%	0.8%
2017	1,359,657,400	65,966,000	1.17%	0.55%
2018	1,374,659,064	66,289,000	1.1%	0.49%
2019	1,389,030,312	66,631,000	1.05%	0.52%
2020	1,402,617,695	66,744,000	0.98%	0.17%
2021	1,414,203,896	66,984,000	0.83%	0.36%
2022	1,425,423,212	67,604,000	0.79%	0.93%
2023	1,438,069,596	68,492,000	0.89%	1.31%
2024	1,450,935,791	69,226,000	0.89%	1.07%
2025	1,463,865,531	69,639,673	0.89%	0.6%
2026	1,476,625,576	70,020,350	0.87%	0.55%
2027	1,489,164,679	70,382,853	0.85%	0.52%
2028	1,501,432,748	70,732,699	0.82%	0.5%
2029	1,513,423,737	71,061,482	0.8%	0.46%
2030	1,525,138,852	71,377,535	0.77%	0.44%
2031	1,536,540,604	71,678,351	0.75%	0.42%
2032	1,547,607,126	71,959,934	0.72%	0.39%
2033	1,558,324,087	72,234,509	0.69%	0.38%
2034	1,568,688,356	72,497,650	0.67%	0.36%
2035	1,578,694,799	72,749,096	0.64%	0.35%
2036	1,588,325,366	72,990,847	0.61%	0.33%
2037	1,597,537,009	73,218,850	0.58%	0.31%
2038	1,606,300,646	73,441,349	0.55%	0.3%
2039	1,614,639,243	73,658,392	0.52%	0.3%
2040	1,622,580,052	73,868,334	0.49%	0.29%
2041	1,630,119,374	74,074,316	0.46%	0.28%
2042	1,637,235,363	74,275,779	0.44%	0.27%
2043	1,643,915,269	74,475,035	0.41%	0.27%
2044	1,650,186,610	74,667,284	0.38%	0.26%
2045	1,656,067,585	74,848,605	0.36%	0.24%
2046	1,661,548,400	75,020,949	0.33%	0.23%
2047	1,666,628,151	75,184,478	0.31%	0.22%
2048	1,671,309,727	75,337,543	0.28%	0.2%
2049	1,675,619,893	75,476,141	0.26%	0.18%
2050	1,679,589,268	75,600,588	0.24%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.