# Population in India

Population in India was 1.46 billion in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `in`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/india
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/india.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=in

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 1,463,865,525 |
| 2024 | 1,450,935,791 |
| 2023 | 1,438,069,596 |
| 2022 | 1,425,423,212 |
| 2021 | 1,414,203,896 |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,695 |
| 2019 | 1,389,030,312 |
| 2018 | 1,374,659,064 |
| 2017 | 1,359,657,400 |
| 2016 | 1,343,944,296 |
| 2015 | 1,328,024,498 |
| 2014 | 1,312,277,191 |
| 2013 | 1,295,829,511 |
| 2012 | 1,278,674,502 |
| 2011 | 1,261,224,954 |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,564 |
| 2009 | 1,225,524,753 |
| 2008 | 1,207,930,964 |
| 2007 | 1,190,676,021 |
| 2006 | 1,172,878,890 |
| 2005 | 1,154,676,322 |
| 2004 | 1,135,991,513 |
| 2003 | 1,116,803,006 |
| 2002 | 1,097,600,380 |
| 2001 | 1,077,898,575 |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,733 |
| 1999 | 1,038,225,823 |
| 1998 | 1,018,665,080 |
| 1997 | 999,133,762 |
| 1996 | 979,678,458 |
| 1995 | 960,301,044 |
| 1994 | 941,163,767 |
| 1993 | 922,118,387 |
| 1992 | 902,957,070 |
| 1991 | 883,927,600 |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 |
| 1989 | 846,039,529 |
| 1988 | 827,342,990 |
| 1987 | 808,931,270 |
| 1986 | 790,689,978 |
| 1985 | 772,647,793 |
| 1984 | 754,875,449 |
| 1983 | 737,372,681 |
| 1982 | 720,313,473 |
| 1981 | 703,696,250 |
| 1980 | 687,354,025 |
| 1979 | 671,155,747 |
| 1978 | 655,728,229 |
| 1977 | 640,801,103 |
| 1976 | 625,861,883 |
| 1975 | 611,309,535 |
| 1974 | 597,041,391 |
| 1973 | 583,465,598 |
| 1972 | 570,482,142 |
| 1971 | 558,096,387 |
| 1970 | 545,864,268 |
| 1969 | 533,880,544 |
| 1968 | 522,716,889 |
| 1967 | 511,606,372 |
| 1966 | 500,740,247 |
| 1965 | 490,140,146 |
| 1964 | 479,229,598 |
| 1963 | 468,138,575 |
| 1962 | 457,283,090 |
| 1961 | 446,564,729 |
| 1960 | 435,990,338 |