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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	United States	India	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	435,990,338	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	446,564,729	183,691,481	2.43%	1.67%
1962	457,283,090	186,537,737	2.4%	1.55%
1963	468,138,575	189,241,798	2.37%	1.45%
1964	479,229,598	191,888,791	2.37%	1.4%
1965	490,140,146	194,302,963	2.28%	1.26%
1966	500,740,247	196,560,338	2.16%	1.16%
1967	511,606,372	198,712,056	2.17%	1.09%
1968	522,716,889	200,706,052	2.17%	1%
1969	533,880,544	202,676,946	2.14%	0.98%
1970	545,864,268	205,052,174	2.24%	1.17%
1971	558,096,387	207,660,677	2.24%	1.27%
1972	570,482,142	209,896,021	2.22%	1.08%
1973	583,465,598	211,908,788	2.28%	0.96%
1974	597,041,391	213,853,928	2.33%	0.92%
1975	611,309,535	215,973,199	2.39%	0.99%
1976	625,861,883	218,035,164	2.38%	0.95%
1977	640,801,103	220,239,425	2.39%	1.01%
1978	655,728,229	222,584,545	2.33%	1.06%
1979	671,155,747	225,055,487	2.35%	1.11%
1980	687,354,025	226,542,250	2.41%	0.66%
1981	703,696,250	229,465,744	2.38%	1.29%
1982	720,313,473	231,664,432	2.36%	0.96%
1983	737,372,681	233,792,014	2.37%	0.92%
1984	754,875,449	235,824,908	2.37%	0.87%
1985	772,647,793	237,923,734	2.35%	0.89%
1986	790,689,978	240,132,831	2.34%	0.93%
1987	808,931,270	242,288,936	2.31%	0.9%
1988	827,342,990	244,499,004	2.28%	0.91%
1989	846,039,529	246,819,222	2.26%	0.95%
1990	864,972,221	250,131,894	2.24%	1.34%
1991	883,927,600	253,492,503	2.19%	1.34%
1992	902,957,070	256,894,189	2.15%	1.34%
1993	922,118,387	260,255,352	2.12%	1.31%
1994	941,163,767	263,435,673	2.07%	1.22%
1995	960,301,044	266,557,091	2.03%	1.18%
1996	979,678,458	269,667,391	2.02%	1.17%
1997	999,133,762	272,911,760	1.99%	1.2%
1998	1,018,665,080	276,115,288	1.95%	1.17%
1999	1,038,225,823	279,294,713	1.92%	1.15%
2000	1,057,922,733	282,162,411	1.9%	1.03%
2001	1,077,898,575	284,968,955	1.89%	0.99%
2002	1,097,600,380	287,625,193	1.83%	0.93%
2003	1,116,803,006	290,107,933	1.75%	0.86%
2004	1,135,991,513	292,805,298	1.72%	0.93%
2005	1,154,676,322	295,516,599	1.64%	0.93%
2006	1,172,878,890	298,379,912	1.58%	0.97%
2007	1,190,676,021	301,231,207	1.52%	0.96%
2008	1,207,930,964	304,093,966	1.45%	0.95%
2009	1,225,524,753	306,771,529	1.46%	0.88%
2010	1,243,481,564	309,327,143	1.47%	0.83%
2011	1,261,224,954	311,583,481	1.43%	0.73%
2012	1,278,674,502	313,877,662	1.38%	0.74%
2013	1,295,829,511	316,059,947	1.34%	0.7%
2014	1,312,277,191	318,386,329	1.27%	0.74%
2015	1,328,024,498	320,738,994	1.2%	0.74%
2016	1,343,944,296	323,071,755	1.2%	0.73%
2017	1,359,657,400	325,122,128	1.17%	0.63%
2018	1,374,659,064	326,838,199	1.1%	0.53%
2019	1,389,030,312	328,329,953	1.05%	0.46%
2020	1,402,617,695	331,526,933	0.98%	0.97%
2021	1,414,203,896	331,893,745	0.83%	0.11%
2022	1,425,423,212	333,271,411	0.79%	0.42%
2023	1,438,069,596	334,914,895	0.89%	0.49%
2024	1,450,935,791	340,110,988	0.89%	1.55%
2025	1,463,865,531	341,931,772	0.89%	0.54%
2026	1,476,625,576	343,664,369	0.87%	0.51%
2027	1,489,164,679	345,331,185	0.85%	0.49%
2028	1,501,432,748	346,981,137	0.82%	0.48%
2029	1,513,423,737	348,601,982	0.8%	0.47%
2030	1,525,138,852	350,176,974	0.77%	0.45%
2031	1,536,540,604	351,725,612	0.75%	0.44%
2032	1,547,607,126	353,249,060	0.72%	0.43%
2033	1,558,324,087	354,749,644	0.69%	0.42%
2034	1,568,688,356	356,234,239	0.67%	0.42%
2035	1,578,694,799	357,694,316	0.64%	0.41%
2036	1,588,325,366	359,119,002	0.61%	0.4%
2037	1,597,537,009	360,517,853	0.58%	0.39%
2038	1,606,300,646	361,895,407	0.55%	0.38%
2039	1,614,639,243	363,229,908	0.52%	0.37%
2040	1,622,580,052	364,512,364	0.49%	0.35%
2041	1,630,119,374	365,753,139	0.46%	0.34%
2042	1,637,235,363	366,969,419	0.44%	0.33%
2043	1,643,915,269	368,146,925	0.41%	0.32%
2044	1,650,186,610	369,258,123	0.38%	0.3%
2045	1,656,067,585	370,318,770	0.36%	0.29%
2046	1,661,548,400	371,328,255	0.33%	0.27%
2047	1,666,628,151	372,299,116	0.31%	0.26%
2048	1,671,309,727	373,230,539	0.28%	0.25%
2049	1,675,619,893	374,119,803	0.26%	0.24%
2050	1,679,589,268	374,986,259	0.24%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.