The latest officially reported population of India was 1,450,935,791 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current India's population is 1,476,762,615 people compared to 42,974,589 in Yemen.
Population statistics:
- India's population is 34.4 times bigger than Yemen's.
- India is ranked the 1st most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
- The countries together account for 18.4% of the world: 17.8% for India vs 0.52% for Yemen.
- For the last 10 years, India has had an average growth rate of +1.03% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
- Since 2006, the population of India has increased from 1.17B people to 1.48B (25.9% growth), while Yemen has grown from 23.5M to 43M (82.5% growth).
- India is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 1.7B people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.
India vs Yemen: live population counter
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| Current population |
1476762615
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42974589
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| Population rank | 1/197 | 37/197 |
| Percent of world population | 17.8% | 0.52% |
| One net population change |
2.45 seconds
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26.4 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.36 seconds
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
3.32 seconds
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2.78 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
50 seconds
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50.1 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -630,830 | -10,482 |
| Daily growth/decline | +35,250 | +3,267 |
| Annual growth/decline | +12,866,195 | +1,192,365 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.89% | +3.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 108/197 | 13/197 |
India and Yemen: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 435,990,338 | 5,532,301 | - | - |
| 1961 | 446,564,729 | 5,655,232 | 2.43% | 2.22% |
| 1962 | 457,283,090 | 5,782,221 | 2.4% | 2.25% |
| 1963 | 468,138,575 | 5,911,135 | 2.37% | 2.23% |
| 1964 | 479,229,598 | 6,048,006 | 2.37% | 2.32% |
| 1965 | 490,140,146 | 6,195,593 | 2.28% | 2.44% |
| 1966 | 500,740,247 | 6,351,494 | 2.16% | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 511,606,372 | 6,516,444 | 2.17% | 2.6% |
| 1968 | 522,716,889 | 6,690,524 | 2.17% | 2.67% |
| 1969 | 533,880,544 | 6,875,859 | 2.14% | 2.77% |
| 1970 | 545,864,268 | 7,065,279 | 2.24% | 2.75% |
| 1971 | 558,096,387 | 7,257,462 | 2.24% | 2.72% |
| 1972 | 570,482,142 | 7,460,068 | 2.22% | 2.79% |
| 1973 | 583,465,598 | 7,672,796 | 2.28% | 2.85% |
| 1974 | 597,041,391 | 7,896,783 | 2.33% | 2.92% |
| 1975 | 611,309,535 | 8,133,598 | 2.39% | 3% |
| 1976 | 625,861,883 | 8,384,113 | 2.38% | 3.08% |
| 1977 | 640,801,103 | 8,648,222 | 2.39% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 655,728,229 | 8,926,586 | 2.33% | 3.22% |
| 1979 | 671,155,747 | 9,224,194 | 2.35% | 3.33% |
| 1980 | 687,354,025 | 9,543,358 | 2.41% | 3.46% |
| 1981 | 703,696,250 | 9,882,362 | 2.38% | 3.55% |
| 1982 | 720,313,473 | 10,241,006 | 2.36% | 3.63% |
| 1983 | 737,372,681 | 10,621,499 | 2.37% | 3.72% |
| 1984 | 754,875,449 | 11,025,597 | 2.37% | 3.8% |
| 1985 | 772,647,793 | 11,453,825 | 2.35% | 3.88% |
| 1986 | 790,689,978 | 11,901,040 | 2.34% | 3.9% |
| 1987 | 808,931,270 | 12,369,912 | 2.31% | 3.94% |
| 1988 | 827,342,990 | 12,859,708 | 2.28% | 3.96% |
| 1989 | 846,039,529 | 13,364,174 | 2.26% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 | 13,887,862 | 2.24% | 3.92% |
| 1991 | 883,927,600 | 14,430,201 | 2.19% | 3.91% |
| 1992 | 902,957,070 | 14,989,494 | 2.15% | 3.88% |
| 1993 | 922,118,387 | 15,563,914 | 2.12% | 3.83% |
| 1994 | 941,163,767 | 16,149,147 | 2.07% | 3.76% |
| 1995 | 960,301,044 | 16,740,058 | 2.03% | 3.66% |
| 1996 | 979,678,458 | 17,313,177 | 2.02% | 3.42% |
| 1997 | 999,133,762 | 17,873,936 | 1.99% | 3.24% |
| 1998 | 1,018,665,080 | 18,446,013 | 1.95% | 3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,038,225,823 | 19,029,420 | 1.92% | 3.16% |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,733 | 19,624,141 | 1.9% | 3.13% |
| 2001 | 1,077,898,575 | 20,226,147 | 1.89% | 3.07% |
| 2002 | 1,097,600,380 | 20,835,086 | 1.83% | 3.01% |
| 2003 | 1,116,803,006 | 21,456,379 | 1.75% | 2.98% |
| 2004 | 1,135,991,513 | 22,095,167 | 1.72% | 2.98% |
| 2005 | 1,154,676,322 | 22,790,085 | 1.64% | 3.15% |
| 2006 | 1,172,878,890 | 23,543,083 | 1.58% | 3.3% |
| 2007 | 1,190,676,021 | 24,318,082 | 1.52% | 3.29% |
| 2008 | 1,207,930,964 | 25,111,941 | 1.45% | 3.26% |
| 2009 | 1,225,524,753 | 25,927,724 | 1.46% | 3.25% |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,564 | 26,754,387 | 1.47% | 3.19% |
| 2011 | 1,261,224,954 | 27,582,897 | 1.43% | 3.1% |
| 2012 | 1,278,674,502 | 28,433,647 | 1.38% | 3.08% |
| 2013 | 1,295,829,511 | 29,312,952 | 1.34% | 3.09% |
| 2014 | 1,312,277,191 | 30,226,309 | 1.27% | 3.12% |
| 2015 | 1,328,024,498 | 31,159,379 | 1.2% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 1,343,944,296 | 32,109,010 | 1.2% | 3.05% |
| 2017 | 1,359,657,400 | 33,090,921 | 1.17% | 3.06% |
| 2018 | 1,374,659,064 | 34,085,182 | 1.1% | 3% |
| 2019 | 1,389,030,312 | 35,111,408 | 1.05% | 3.01% |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,695 | 36,134,863 | 0.98% | 2.91% |
| 2021 | 1,414,203,896 | 37,140,230 | 0.83% | 2.78% |
| 2022 | 1,425,423,212 | 38,222,876 | 0.79% | 2.92% |
| 2023 | 1,438,069,596 | 39,390,799 | 0.89% | 3.06% |
| 2024 | 1,450,935,791 | 40,583,164 | 0.89% | 3.03% |
| 2025 | 1,463,865,531 | 41,773,871 | 0.89% | 2.93% |
| 2026 | 1,476,625,576 | 42,961,650 | 0.87% | 2.84% |
| 2027 | 1,489,164,679 | 44,145,620 | 0.85% | 2.76% |
| 2028 | 1,501,432,748 | 45,323,685 | 0.82% | 2.67% |
| 2029 | 1,513,423,737 | 46,497,573 | 0.8% | 2.59% |
| 2030 | 1,525,138,852 | 47,667,649 | 0.77% | 2.52% |
| 2031 | 1,536,540,604 | 48,827,503 | 0.75% | 2.43% |
| 2032 | 1,547,607,126 | 49,979,089 | 0.72% | 2.36% |
| 2033 | 1,558,324,087 | 51,129,867 | 0.69% | 2.3% |
| 2034 | 1,568,688,356 | 52,279,989 | 0.67% | 2.25% |
| 2035 | 1,578,694,799 | 53,429,308 | 0.64% | 2.2% |
| 2036 | 1,588,325,366 | 54,578,046 | 0.61% | 2.15% |
| 2037 | 1,597,537,009 | 55,724,259 | 0.58% | 2.1% |
| 2038 | 1,606,300,646 | 56,872,152 | 0.55% | 2.06% |
| 2039 | 1,614,639,243 | 58,024,713 | 0.52% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 1,622,580,052 | 59,181,514 | 0.49% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 1,630,119,374 | 60,345,667 | 0.46% | 1.97% |
| 2042 | 1,637,235,363 | 61,517,965 | 0.44% | 1.94% |
| 2043 | 1,643,915,269 | 62,696,517 | 0.41% | 1.92% |
| 2044 | 1,650,186,610 | 63,880,172 | 0.38% | 1.89% |
| 2045 | 1,656,067,585 | 65,066,344 | 0.36% | 1.86% |
| 2046 | 1,661,548,400 | 66,253,578 | 0.33% | 1.82% |
| 2047 | 1,666,628,151 | 67,438,796 | 0.31% | 1.79% |
| 2048 | 1,671,309,727 | 68,620,844 | 0.28% | 1.75% |
| 2049 | 1,675,619,893 | 69,799,794 | 0.26% | 1.72% |
| 2050 | 1,679,589,268 | 70,976,389 | 0.24% | 1.69% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Yemen gained 8,565,927 people (a 36.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 10,865,579 (a 33.8% growth).
India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2006 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 65.2% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.
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Population differences between India and Yemen
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| Life expectancy | 72.7 years | 69.7 years |
| Average age | 31.8 years | 23.1 years |
| Median age | 29.5 years | 19.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.6:48.4 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 1.98 births per woman | 4.59 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,264 ppl/mi² | 199.1 ppl/mi² |
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