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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Zimbabwe	India	Zimbabwe
1960	435,990,338	3,809,389	-	-
1961	446,564,729	3,930,401	2.43%	3.18%
1962	457,283,090	4,055,959	2.4%	3.19%
1963	468,138,575	4,185,877	2.37%	3.2%
1964	479,229,598	4,320,006	2.37%	3.2%
1965	490,140,146	4,458,462	2.28%	3.2%
1966	500,740,247	4,601,217	2.16%	3.2%
1967	511,606,372	4,748,307	2.17%	3.2%
1968	522,716,889	4,900,440	2.17%	3.2%
1969	533,880,544	5,058,181	2.14%	3.22%
1970	545,864,268	5,215,918	2.24%	3.12%
1971	558,096,387	5,374,712	2.24%	3.04%
1972	570,482,142	5,542,445	2.22%	3.12%
1973	583,465,598	5,720,404	2.28%	3.21%
1974	597,041,391	5,908,328	2.33%	3.29%
1975	611,309,535	6,098,658	2.39%	3.22%
1976	625,861,883	6,287,105	2.38%	3.09%
1977	640,801,103	6,449,512	2.39%	2.58%
1978	655,728,229	6,543,575	2.33%	1.46%
1979	671,155,747	6,647,556	2.35%	1.59%
1980	687,354,025	7,041,303	2.41%	5.92%
1981	703,696,250	7,498,635	2.38%	6.49%
1982	720,313,473	7,796,496	2.36%	3.97%
1983	737,372,681	8,098,404	2.37%	3.87%
1984	754,875,449	8,391,488	2.37%	3.62%
1985	772,647,793	8,686,813	2.35%	3.52%
1986	790,689,978	8,982,578	2.34%	3.4%
1987	808,931,270	9,284,644	2.31%	3.36%
1988	827,342,990	9,583,094	2.28%	3.21%
1989	846,039,529	9,864,798	2.26%	2.94%
1990	864,972,221	10,137,281	2.24%	2.76%
1991	883,927,600	10,404,816	2.19%	2.64%
1992	902,957,070	10,702,700	2.15%	2.86%
1993	922,118,387	10,860,288	2.12%	1.47%
1994	941,163,767	10,873,148	2.07%	0.12%
1995	960,301,044	10,974,599	2.03%	0.93%
1996	979,678,458	11,158,360	2.02%	1.67%
1997	999,133,762	11,369,827	1.99%	1.9%
1998	1,018,665,080	11,594,297	1.95%	1.97%
1999	1,038,225,823	11,783,458	1.92%	1.63%
2000	1,057,922,733	11,892,055	1.9%	0.92%
2001	1,077,898,575	11,971,901	1.89%	0.67%
2002	1,097,600,380	12,087,653	1.83%	0.97%
2003	1,116,803,006	12,232,323	1.75%	1.2%
2004	1,135,991,513	12,365,896	1.72%	1.09%
2005	1,154,676,322	12,483,432	1.64%	0.95%
2006	1,172,878,890	12,636,445	1.58%	1.23%
2007	1,190,676,021	12,804,058	1.52%	1.33%
2008	1,207,930,964	12,959,149	1.45%	1.21%
2009	1,225,524,753	13,142,790	1.46%	1.42%
2010	1,243,481,564	13,356,548	1.47%	1.63%
2011	1,261,224,954	13,595,424	1.43%	1.79%
2012	1,278,674,502	13,817,887	1.38%	1.64%
2013	1,295,829,511	14,013,808	1.34%	1.42%
2014	1,312,277,191	14,207,359	1.27%	1.38%
2015	1,328,024,498	14,399,013	1.2%	1.35%
2016	1,343,944,296	14,600,294	1.2%	1.4%
2017	1,359,657,400	14,812,482	1.17%	1.45%
2018	1,374,659,064	15,034,452	1.1%	1.5%
2019	1,389,030,312	15,271,368	1.05%	1.58%
2020	1,402,617,695	15,526,888	0.98%	1.67%
2021	1,414,203,896	15,797,210	0.83%	1.74%
2022	1,425,423,212	16,069,056	0.79%	1.72%
2023	1,438,069,596	16,340,822	0.89%	1.69%
2024	1,450,935,791	16,634,373	0.89%	1.8%
2025	1,463,865,531	16,950,805	0.89%	1.9%
2026	1,476,625,576	17,273,591	0.87%	1.9%
2027	1,489,164,679	17,600,621	0.85%	1.89%
2028	1,501,432,748	17,932,015	0.82%	1.88%
2029	1,513,423,737	18,268,967	0.8%	1.88%
2030	1,525,138,852	18,610,356	0.77%	1.87%
2031	1,536,540,604	18,956,207	0.75%	1.86%
2032	1,547,607,126	19,311,368	0.72%	1.87%
2033	1,558,324,087	19,675,929	0.69%	1.89%
2034	1,568,688,356	20,041,125	0.67%	1.86%
2035	1,578,694,799	20,409,159	0.64%	1.84%
2036	1,588,325,366	20,778,662	0.61%	1.81%
2037	1,597,537,009	21,144,748	0.58%	1.76%
2038	1,606,300,646	21,512,919	0.55%	1.74%
2039	1,614,639,243	21,881,123	0.52%	1.71%
2040	1,622,580,052	22,250,123	0.49%	1.69%
2041	1,630,119,374	22,627,428	0.46%	1.7%
2042	1,637,235,363	23,000,906	0.44%	1.65%
2043	1,643,915,269	23,371,301	0.41%	1.61%
2044	1,650,186,610	23,740,630	0.38%	1.58%
2045	1,656,067,585	24,102,391	0.36%	1.52%
2046	1,661,548,400	24,462,491	0.33%	1.49%
2047	1,666,628,151	24,816,449	0.31%	1.45%
2048	1,671,309,727	25,168,419	0.28%	1.42%
2049	1,675,619,893	25,518,513	0.26%	1.39%
2050	1,679,589,268	25,866,397	0.24%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,963,849 people (a 15.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,676,871 (a 18.3% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st in 2026. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2006 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 49.7% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.