India’s Population Growth: A Historical Look (1950-2024)

Estimated Population (as of April 27, 2024): 1,439,375,199

Population Density (2024): 481 people per square kilometer.

The population of India has been steadily increasing over the years, reaching approximately 1.44 billion people as of 2024. The growth rate has gradually declined but remains significant at around 0.9%. This growth contributes to the country’s high population density, which is about 485 people per square kilometer.

Despite efforts to curb population growth, India continues to face demographic challenges such as providing adequate resources and infrastructure for its growing population. However, the country also benefits from a young demographic profile, with a median age of around 29 years, offering potential economic development and innovation opportunities.

Indian Population List Table form (1950 – 2024)

Year	Total	Male	Female	People	Density (p/km²)	Growth Rate
1950	357,021,100	183,437,093	173,584,006	7,833,647	120.0801	2.19%
1951	364,922,360	187,619,254	177,303,106	7,968,873	122.7377	2.18%
1952	372,997,188	191,887,475	181,109,714	8,180,784	125.4535	2.19%
1953	381,227,705	196,230,287	184,997,418	8,280,250	128.2218	2.17%
1954	389,731,406	200,706,078	189,025,328	8,727,152	131.0819	2.24%
1955	398,577,992	205,350,073	193,227,919	8,966,021	134.0574	2.25%
1956	407,656,597	210,107,732	197,548,865	9,191,188	137.1108	2.26%
1957	416,935,400	214,965,294	201,970,106	9,366,417	140.2317	2.25%
1958	426,295,763	219,863,705	206,432,058	9,354,309	143.3799	2.19%
1959	435,900,352	224,885,438	211,014,915	9,854,871	146.6103	2.26%
1960	445,954,578	230,135,579	215,819,000	10,253,581	149.992	2.30%
1961	456,351,876	235,560,577	220,791,299	10,541,014	153.489	2.31%
1962	467,024,193	241,125,862	225,898,332	10,803,621	157.0785	2.31%
1963	477,933,619	246,813,291	231,120,328	11,015,231	160.7478	2.31%
1964	489,059,309	252,612,930	236,446,379	11,236,148	164.4898	2.30%
1965	500,114,346	258,373,487	241,740,858	10,873,926	168.208	2.17%
1966	510,992,617	264,041,608	246,951,009	10,882,616	171.8668	2.13%
1967	521,987,069	269,770,979	252,216,091	11,106,289	175.5647	2.13%
1968	533,431,908	275,736,482	257,695,426	11,783,389	179.414	2.21%
1969	545,314,670	281,934,206	263,380,463	11,982,134	183.4106	2.20%
1970	557,501,301	288,292,404	269,208,897	12,391,129	187.5095	2.22%
1971	569,999,178	294,818,942	275,180,236	12,604,624	191.713	2.21%
1972	582,837,973	301,529,376	281,308,597	13,072,965	196.0312	2.24%
1973	596,107,483	308,465,459	287,642,024	13,466,055	200.4942	2.26%
1974	609,721,951	315,584,062	294,137,889	13,762,883	205.0733	2.26%
1975	623,524,219	322,800,952	300,723,268	13,841,652	209.7156	2.22%
1976	637,451,448	330,077,580	307,373,867	14,012,805	214.3998	2.20%
1977	651,685,628	337,496,325	314,189,303	14,455,556	219.1873	2.22%
1978	666,267,760	345,069,608	321,198,151	14,708,707	224.0919	2.21%
1979	681,248,383	352,826,329	328,422,054	15,252,540	229.1305	2.24%
1980	696,828,385	360,875,327	335,953,058	15,907,463	234.3706	2.28%
1981	712,869,298	369,149,846	343,719,452	16,174,364	239.7658	2.27%
1982	729,169,466	377,542,520	351,626,946	16,425,971	245.2482	2.25%
1983	745,826,546	386,102,269	359,724,278	16,888,190	250.8506	2.26%
1984	762,895,156	394,865,497	368,029,660	17,249,030	256.5915	2.26%
1985	780,242,084	403,766,422	376,475,662	17,444,826	262.4259	2.24%
1986	797,878,993	412,811,682	385,067,312	17,828,992	268.3579	2.24%
1987	815,716,125	421,960,524	393,755,600	17,845,271	274.3572	2.19%
1988	833,729,681	431,194,389	402,535,292	18,181,842	280.4159	2.18%
1989	852,012,673	440,551,295	411,461,378	18,384,142	286.5652	2.16%
1990	870,452,165	449,984,059	420,468,106	18,494,842	292.7671	2.13%
1991	888,941,756	459,463,492	429,478,264	18,484,340	298.9859	2.08%
1992	907,574,049	469,046,096	438,527,953	18,780,245	305.2526	2.07%
1993	926,351,297	478,735,976	447,615,320	18,774,251	311.5681	2.03%
1994	945,261,958	488,535,405	456,726,553	19,047,073	317.9285	2.02%
1995	964,279,129	498,432,464	465,846,665	18,987,268	324.3248	1.97%
1996	983,281,218	508,349,160	474,932,058	19,016,909	330.7159	1.93%
1997	1,002,335,230	518,303,618	484,031,612	19,091,117	337.1245	1.91%
1998	1,021,434,576	528,287,412	493,147,162	19,107,573	343.5484	1.87%
1999	1,040,500,054	538,244,360	502,255,693	19,023,383	349.9608	1.83%
2000	1,059,633,675	548,223,581	511,410,095	19,243,861	356.3962	1.82%
2001	1,078,970,907	558,291,332	520,679,574	19,430,601	362.9001	1.80%
2002	1,098,313,038	568,334,873	529,978,165	19,253,663	369.4056	1.75%
2003	1,117,415,124	578,236,241	539,178,882	18,950,507	375.8304	1.70%
2004	1,136,264,583	587,990,365	548,274,218	18,748,412	382.1702	1.65%
2005	1,154,638,713	597,477,666	557,161,048	17,999,848	388.3501	1.56%
2006	1,172,373,788	606,611,392	565,762,396	17,470,302	394.3151	1.49%
2007	1,189,691,810	615,506,279	574,185,530	17,165,741	400.1399	1.44%
2008	1,206,734,806	624,242,020	582,492,786	16,920,251	405.8721	1.40%
2009	1,223,640,160	632,892,402	590,747,758	16,890,457	411.558	1.38%
2010	1,240,613,620	641,566,029	599,047,591	17,056,464	417.2668	1.38%
2011	1,257,621,191	650,244,390	607,376,800	16,958,678	422.9872	1.35%
2012	1,274,487,214	658,839,435	615,647,779	16,773,368	428.6599	1.32%
2013	1,291,132,063	667,322,884	623,809,180	16,516,329	434.2582	1.28%
2014	1,307,246,509	675,549,357	631,697,152	15,712,562	439.6781	1.20%
2015	1,322,866,505	683,543,212	639,323,292	15,527,429	444.9317	1.17%
2016	1,338,636,340	691,623,419	647,012,920	16,012,241	450.2357	1.20%
2017	1,354,195,680	699,587,888	654,607,791	15,106,439	455.4689	1.12%
2018	1,369,003,306	707,149,230	661,854,076	14,508,815	460.4493	1.06%
2019	1,383,112,050	714,325,058	668,786,993	13,708,673	465.1946	0.99%
2020	1,396,387,127	720,997,448	675,389,679	12,841,480	469.6596	0.92%
2021	1,407,563,842	726,503,429	681,060,412	9,511,950	473.4187	0.68%
2022	1,417,173,173	731,180,498	685,992,675	9,706,711	476.6507	0.69%
2023	1,428,627,663	736,851,532	691,776,131	13,202,270	480.5033	0.92%
2024	1,441,719,852	743,392,561	698,327,290	12,982,108	484.9067	0.90%