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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Zambia	India	Zambia
1960	435,990,338	3,153,729	-	-
1961	446,564,729	3,254,086	2.43%	3.18%
1962	457,283,090	3,358,099	2.4%	3.2%
1963	468,138,575	3,465,907	2.37%	3.21%
1964	479,229,598	3,577,017	2.37%	3.21%
1965	490,140,146	3,692,086	2.28%	3.22%
1966	500,740,247	3,812,003	2.16%	3.25%
1967	511,606,372	3,936,343	2.17%	3.26%
1968	522,716,889	4,065,593	2.17%	3.28%
1969	533,880,544	4,197,116	2.14%	3.24%
1970	545,864,268	4,321,718	2.24%	2.97%
1971	558,096,387	4,442,525	2.24%	2.8%
1972	570,482,142	4,569,309	2.22%	2.85%
1973	583,465,598	4,702,693	2.28%	2.92%
1974	597,041,391	4,842,746	2.33%	2.98%
1975	611,309,535	4,990,086	2.39%	3.04%
1976	625,861,883	5,143,842	2.38%	3.08%
1977	640,801,103	5,302,480	2.39%	3.08%
1978	655,728,229	5,465,374	2.33%	3.07%
1979	671,155,747	5,631,728	2.35%	3.04%
1980	687,354,025	5,802,833	2.41%	3.04%
1981	703,696,250	5,983,289	2.38%	3.11%
1982	720,313,473	6,178,637	2.36%	3.26%
1983	737,372,681	6,381,038	2.37%	3.28%
1984	754,875,449	6,580,490	2.37%	3.13%
1985	772,647,793	6,780,953	2.35%	3.05%
1986	790,689,978	6,986,471	2.34%	3.03%
1987	808,931,270	7,191,282	2.31%	2.93%
1988	827,342,990	7,391,440	2.28%	2.78%
1989	846,039,529	7,589,216	2.26%	2.68%
1990	864,972,221	7,786,169	2.24%	2.6%
1991	883,927,600	7,981,650	2.19%	2.51%
1992	902,957,070	8,176,680	2.15%	2.44%
1993	922,118,387	8,373,921	2.12%	2.41%
1994	941,163,767	8,576,269	2.07%	2.42%
1995	960,301,044	8,785,763	2.03%	2.44%
1996	979,678,458	9,004,053	2.02%	2.48%
1997	999,133,762	9,237,063	1.99%	2.59%
1998	1,018,665,080	9,482,408	1.95%	2.66%
1999	1,038,225,823	9,740,005	1.92%	2.72%
2000	1,057,922,733	10,017,631	1.9%	2.85%
2001	1,077,898,575	10,325,185	1.89%	3.07%
2002	1,097,600,380	10,647,949	1.83%	3.13%
2003	1,116,803,006	10,983,595	1.75%	3.15%
2004	1,135,991,513	11,338,198	1.72%	3.23%
2005	1,154,676,322	11,718,819	1.64%	3.36%
2006	1,172,878,890	12,129,553	1.58%	3.5%
2007	1,190,676,021	12,565,085	1.52%	3.59%
2008	1,207,930,964	13,021,324	1.45%	3.63%
2009	1,225,524,753	13,490,389	1.46%	3.6%
2010	1,243,481,564	13,965,594	1.47%	3.52%
2011	1,261,224,954	14,437,796	1.43%	3.38%
2012	1,278,674,502	14,913,629	1.38%	3.3%
2013	1,295,829,511	15,398,997	1.34%	3.25%
2014	1,312,277,191	15,895,315	1.27%	3.22%
2015	1,328,024,498	16,399,089	1.2%	3.17%
2016	1,343,944,296	16,914,423	1.2%	3.14%
2017	1,359,657,400	17,441,320	1.17%	3.12%
2018	1,374,659,064	17,973,569	1.1%	3.05%
2019	1,389,030,312	18,513,839	1.05%	3.01%
2020	1,402,617,695	19,059,395	0.98%	2.95%
2021	1,414,203,896	19,603,607	0.83%	2.86%
2022	1,425,423,212	20,152,938	0.79%	2.8%
2023	1,438,069,596	20,723,965	0.89%	2.83%
2024	1,450,935,791	21,314,956	0.89%	2.85%
2025	1,463,865,531	21,913,869	0.89%	2.81%
2026	1,476,625,576	22,521,905	0.87%	2.77%
2027	1,489,164,679	23,138,716	0.85%	2.74%
2028	1,501,432,748	23,761,368	0.82%	2.69%
2029	1,513,423,737	24,389,681	0.8%	2.64%
2030	1,525,138,852	25,024,887	0.77%	2.6%
2031	1,536,540,604	25,666,496	0.75%	2.56%
2032	1,547,607,126	26,311,946	0.72%	2.51%
2033	1,558,324,087	26,960,073	0.69%	2.46%
2034	1,568,688,356	27,611,621	0.67%	2.42%
2035	1,578,694,799	28,266,887	0.64%	2.37%
2036	1,588,325,366	28,925,103	0.61%	2.33%
2037	1,597,537,009	29,583,482	0.58%	2.28%
2038	1,606,300,646	30,240,549	0.55%	2.22%
2039	1,614,639,243	30,895,586	0.52%	2.17%
2040	1,622,580,052	31,550,394	0.49%	2.12%
2041	1,630,119,374	32,204,340	0.46%	2.07%
2042	1,637,235,363	32,856,596	0.44%	2.03%
2043	1,643,915,269	33,510,500	0.41%	1.99%
2044	1,650,186,610	34,165,920	0.38%	1.96%
2045	1,656,067,585	34,821,101	0.36%	1.92%
2046	1,661,548,400	35,475,795	0.33%	1.88%
2047	1,666,628,151	36,129,270	0.31%	1.84%
2048	1,671,309,727	36,782,260	0.28%	1.81%
2049	1,675,619,893	37,434,667	0.26%	1.77%
2050	1,679,589,268	38,083,369	0.24%	1.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Zambia gained 4,680,270 people (a 39.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 6,003,202 (a 36.6% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st in 2025. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2005 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 70% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.