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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Vietnam	India	Vietnam
1960	435,990,338	32,531,933	-	-
1961	446,564,729	33,409,059	2.43%	2.7%
1962	457,283,090	34,288,560	2.4%	2.63%
1963	468,138,575	35,249,101	2.37%	2.8%
1964	479,229,598	36,201,563	2.37%	2.7%
1965	490,140,146	37,129,656	2.28%	2.56%
1966	500,740,247	38,024,836	2.16%	2.41%
1967	511,606,372	38,895,080	2.17%	2.29%
1968	522,716,889	39,734,609	2.17%	2.16%
1969	533,880,544	40,582,096	2.14%	2.13%
1970	545,864,268	41,475,230	2.24%	2.2%
1971	558,096,387	42,449,276	2.24%	2.35%
1972	570,482,142	43,429,168	2.22%	2.31%
1973	583,465,598	44,409,861	2.28%	2.26%
1974	597,041,391	45,413,537	2.33%	2.26%
1975	611,309,535	46,482,903	2.39%	2.35%
1976	625,861,883	47,684,931	2.38%	2.59%
1977	640,801,103	48,954,872	2.39%	2.66%
1978	655,728,229	50,249,552	2.33%	2.64%
1979	671,155,747	51,378,211	2.35%	2.25%
1980	687,354,025	52,490,101	2.41%	2.16%
1981	703,696,250	53,738,141	2.38%	2.38%
1982	720,313,473	55,011,289	2.36%	2.37%
1983	737,372,681	56,337,921	2.37%	2.41%
1984	754,875,449	57,706,067	2.37%	2.43%
1985	772,647,793	59,060,622	2.35%	2.35%
1986	790,689,978	60,347,048	2.34%	2.18%
1987	808,931,270	61,584,651	2.31%	2.05%
1988	827,342,990	62,843,228	2.28%	2.04%
1989	846,039,529	64,147,348	2.26%	2.08%
1990	864,972,221	65,504,552	2.24%	2.12%
1991	883,927,600	66,891,775	2.19%	2.12%
1992	902,957,070	68,260,337	2.15%	2.05%
1993	922,118,387	69,586,384	2.12%	1.94%
1994	941,163,767	70,854,391	2.07%	1.82%
1995	960,301,044	72,049,940	2.03%	1.69%
1996	979,678,458	73,156,447	2.02%	1.54%
1997	999,133,762	74,226,889	1.99%	1.46%
1998	1,018,665,080	75,299,660	1.95%	1.45%
1999	1,038,225,823	76,287,452	1.92%	1.31%
2000	1,057,922,733	77,154,011	1.9%	1.14%
2001	1,077,898,575	77,969,361	1.89%	1.06%
2002	1,097,600,380	78,772,224	1.83%	1.03%
2003	1,116,803,006	79,563,777	1.75%	1%
2004	1,135,991,513	80,338,971	1.72%	0.97%
2005	1,154,676,322	81,088,313	1.64%	0.93%
2006	1,172,878,890	82,167,897	1.58%	1.33%
2007	1,190,676,021	83,633,375	1.52%	1.78%
2008	1,207,930,964	85,175,788	1.45%	1.84%
2009	1,225,524,753	86,460,018	1.46%	1.51%
2010	1,243,481,564	87,455,152	1.47%	1.15%
2011	1,261,224,954	88,468,314	1.43%	1.16%
2012	1,278,674,502	89,510,356	1.38%	1.18%
2013	1,295,829,511	90,573,104	1.34%	1.19%
2014	1,312,277,191	91,679,578	1.27%	1.22%
2015	1,328,024,498	92,823,254	1.2%	1.25%
2016	1,343,944,296	94,000,117	1.2%	1.27%
2017	1,359,657,400	95,176,977	1.17%	1.25%
2018	1,374,659,064	96,237,319	1.1%	1.11%
2019	1,389,030,312	97,173,776	1.05%	0.97%
2020	1,402,617,695	98,079,191	0.98%	0.93%
2021	1,414,203,896	98,935,098	0.83%	0.87%
2022	1,425,423,212	99,680,655	0.79%	0.75%
2023	1,438,069,596	100,352,192	0.89%	0.67%
2024	1,450,935,791	100,987,686	0.89%	0.63%
2025	1,463,865,531	101,598,531	0.89%	0.6%
2026	1,476,625,576	102,177,434	0.87%	0.57%
2027	1,489,164,679	102,727,392	0.85%	0.54%
2028	1,501,432,748	103,255,746	0.82%	0.51%
2029	1,513,423,737	103,761,151	0.8%	0.49%
2030	1,525,138,852	104,254,900	0.77%	0.48%
2031	1,536,540,604	104,737,913	0.75%	0.46%
2032	1,547,607,126	105,204,401	0.72%	0.45%
2033	1,558,324,087	105,656,307	0.69%	0.43%
2034	1,568,688,356	106,097,515	0.67%	0.42%
2035	1,578,694,799	106,530,671	0.64%	0.41%
2036	1,588,325,366	106,945,842	0.61%	0.39%
2037	1,597,537,009	107,346,046	0.58%	0.37%
2038	1,606,300,646	107,732,019	0.55%	0.36%
2039	1,614,639,243	108,097,653	0.52%	0.34%
2040	1,622,580,052	108,437,634	0.49%	0.31%
2041	1,630,119,374	108,752,199	0.46%	0.29%
2042	1,637,235,363	109,040,314	0.44%	0.26%
2043	1,643,915,269	109,292,559	0.41%	0.23%
2044	1,650,186,610	109,506,274	0.38%	0.2%
2045	1,656,067,585	109,685,396	0.36%	0.16%
2046	1,661,548,400	109,827,664	0.33%	0.13%
2047	1,666,628,151	109,930,243	0.31%	0.09%
2048	1,671,309,727	109,994,024	0.28%	0.06%
2049	1,675,619,893	110,018,017	0.26%	0.02%
2050	1,679,589,268	110,008,910	0.24%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.