Country or area · Southern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

India population

India population now

1,479,729,811

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 1.47–1.50 billion.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 1,438,069,596

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 1.47663 billion; 95% range, 31 Dec: 1.47–1.50 billion
Median age: 30.2
Aged 65+: 7.6%

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IND · 1950–2100 · in brief

India in numbers

1,438,069,596 people lived in India in mid-2023: 17.8% of the world's people, and the largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 4.2 times its 1950 population of 346 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2061 at 1.70 billion, then falling to 1.51 billion by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 932 million to 2.29 billion.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2063; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 21.0 in 1950 and 29.1 in 2023; the projection has 48.8 in 2100. 6.9% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 29.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2048 at 1.14 billion.

Among countries it ranks 1st in 2023, 1st in 2050 and 1st in 2100.

Population, mid-2023: 1,438,069,596
Rank by population, 2023: 1 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 17.8%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +0.89% · +12,646,384 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 484
Land area, 2023: 2,973,190 km²
Births, 2023: 23,219,489
Deaths, 2023: 9,507,008
Net migration, 2023: −979,179
Children per woman, 2023: 1.98
Median age, 2023: 29.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 72.0 years
In a city, 2025: 40 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 346,278,821
Projected, mid-2050: 1,679,589,259
Projected, mid-2100: 1,505,251,760

IND · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: India, 1950–2100

India: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	342,592,267		15,287,998	7,852,218	5.73	41.2
1951	estimate	349,965,375		15,663,440	7,973,004	5.77	41.6
1952	estimate	357,774,738		16,082,888	8,048,990	5.82	42.1
1953	estimate	365,975,067		16,501,176	8,169,725	5.87	42.4
1954	estimate	374,234,080		16,903,335	8,122,085	5.91	43.3
1955	estimate	383,140,196		17,219,755	8,168,772	5.91	43.7
1956	estimate	392,261,577		17,526,403	8,232,472	5.91	44.1
1957	estimate	401,716,229		17,825,651	8,323,749	5.91	44.4
1958	estimate	410,791,546		18,053,425	8,374,386	5.90	44.8
1959	estimate	420,763,337		18,321,021	8,395,634	5.89	45.3
1960	estimate	430,798,000		18,705,011	8,467,287	5.92	45.6
1961	estimate	441,182,676		19,054,933	8,586,012	5.94	45.8
1962	estimate	451,946,781		19,422,986	8,679,852	5.95	46.1
1963	estimate	462,619,398		19,783,962	8,767,243	5.97	46.5
1964	estimate	473,657,752		20,156,989	8,871,380	5.98	46.7
1965	estimate	484,801,444		20,414,205	9,488,511	5.94	45.6
1966	estimate	495,478,848		20,632,991	9,543,208	5.88	45.9
1967	estimate	506,001,646		20,889,458	9,609,694	5.83	46.2
1968	estimate	517,211,097		21,162,298	9,155,304	5.76	47.9
1969	estimate	528,222,680		21,386,207	9,218,629	5.68	48.3
1970	estimate	539,538,407		21,705,420	9,287,486	5.62	48.6
1971	estimate	552,190,129		22,169,873	9,382,777	5.57	48.9
1972	estimate	564,002,646		22,509,830	9,468,018	5.48	49.2
1973	estimate	576,961,637		22,929,811	9,517,149	5.40	49.6
1974	estimate	589,969,558		23,284,797	9,488,999	5.33	50.3
1975	estimate	604,113,224		23,451,070	9,492,655	5.20	50.8
1976	estimate	618,505,846		23,935,743	9,499,653	5.13	51.3
1977	estimate	633,217,920		24,070,485	9,494,743	5.01	51.8
1978	estimate	648,384,286		24,359,834	9,461,506	4.89	52.4
1979	estimate	663,072,172		24,833,593	9,440,533	4.81	53.0
1980	estimate	679,239,321		25,471,068	9,452,574	4.78	53.6
1981	estimate	695,468,730		25,868,440	9,446,656	4.70	54.2
1982	estimate	711,923,769		26,221,359	9,431,252	4.62	54.7
1983	estimate	728,703,177		26,637,447	9,418,132	4.57	55.3
1984	estimate	746,042,184		27,113,113	9,414,278	4.52	55.8
1985	estimate	763,708,714		27,366,950	9,398,794	4.43	56.3
1986	estimate	781,586,872		27,848,424	9,392,671	4.40	56.8
1987	estimate	799,793,084		27,860,879	9,365,360	4.31	57.3
1988	estimate	818,069,456		28,040,342	9,337,586	4.22	57.7
1989	estimate	836,616,524		28,154,987	9,306,084	4.13	58.2
1990	estimate	855,462,534		28,171,519	9,277,646	4.04	58.6
1991	estimate	874,481,909		28,305,721	9,256,426	3.96	59.0
1992	estimate	893,373,292		28,365,203	9,232,807	3.88	59.5
1993	estimate	912,540,848		28,374,418	9,221,706	3.80	59.8
1994	estimate	931,695,926		28,512,692	9,201,756	3.72	60.2
1995	estimate	950,631,609		28,588,052	9,191,888	3.65	60.6
1996	estimate	969,970,478		28,623,284	9,180,936	3.58	61.0
1997	estimate	989,386,439		28,659,995	9,166,221	3.51	61.4
1998	estimate	1,008,881,084		28,724,933	9,155,892	3.45	61.9
1999	estimate	1,028,449,076		28,790,310	9,141,490	3.38	62.3
2000	estimate	1,048,002,570		29,111,712	9,127,431	3.35	62.8
2001	estimate	1,067,842,896		29,324,930	9,143,233	3.30	63.2
2002	estimate	1,087,954,254		29,128,217	9,103,545	3.22	63.6
2003	estimate	1,107,246,507		28,794,442	9,074,469	3.12	64.1
2004	estimate	1,126,359,505		28,537,736	9,067,055	3.05	64.5
2005	estimate	1,145,623,522		28,063,000	9,027,957	2.96	64.9
2006	estimate	1,163,729,122		27,637,610	8,995,890	2.87	65.4
2007	estimate	1,182,028,657		27,304,621	8,972,693	2.77	65.8
2008	estimate	1,199,323,384		27,186,093	8,950,896	2.71	66.3
2009	estimate	1,216,538,543		27,219,669	8,934,340	2.67	66.7
2010	estimate	1,234,510,963		26,900,711	8,908,604	2.60	67.2
2011	estimate	1,252,452,165		26,681,991	8,889,398	2.53	67.6
2012	estimate	1,269,997,744		26,432,416	8,879,958	2.47	68.1
2013	estimate	1,287,351,261		25,995,998	8,888,129	2.40	68.5
2014	estimate	1,304,307,760		25,050,538	8,884,412	2.29	68.9
2015	estimate	1,320,246,623		25,147,251	8,936,423	2.29	69.3
2016	estimate	1,335,802,372		25,207,147	9,004,533	2.28	69.7
2017	estimate	1,352,086,220		24,466,744	9,072,751	2.19	70.1
2018	estimate	1,367,228,580		24,620,205	9,169,448	2.18	70.4
2019	estimate	1,382,089,548		24,124,983	9,264,482	2.12	70.8
2020	estimate	1,395,971,076		23,485,339	10,118,286	2.05	70.2
2021	estimate	1,409,264,315		23,321,853	13,093,785	2.01	67.3
2022	estimate	1,419,143,477		23,286,125	9,373,178	1.99	71.7
2023	estimate	1,431,702,948		23,219,489	9,507,008	1.98	72.0
2024	estimate	1,444,436,244		23,186,978	9,557,050	1.96	72.2
2025	projection	1,457,435,338	1.45–1.46 billion	23,073,267	9,717,146	1.94	72.5
2026	projection	1,470,295,711	1.46–1.48 billion	22,988,461	9,888,274	1.93	72.7
2027	projection	1,482,955,442	1.47–1.50 billion	22,878,818	10,053,751	1.92	73.0
2028	projection	1,495,373,906	1.48–1.52 billion	22,754,838	10,242,530	1.90	73.2
2029	projection	1,507,491,573	1.48–1.53 billion	22,649,125	10,414,149	1.89	73.4
2030	projection	1,519,355,889	1.49–1.55 billion	22,550,562	10,596,097	1.88	73.6
2031	projection	1,530,921,800	1.49–1.57 billion	22,409,976	10,787,748	1.87	73.8
2032	projection	1,542,159,403	1.50–1.59 billion	22,237,608	10,974,276	1.86	74.1
2033	projection	1,553,054,846	1.50–1.60 billion	22,082,669	11,167,946	1.85	74.3
2034	projection	1,563,593,314	1.51–1.62 billion	21,924,896	11,360,374	1.84	74.5
2035	projection	1,573,783,392	1.51–1.64 billion	21,759,073	11,565,829	1.84	74.7
2036	projection	1,583,606,199	1.51–1.65 billion	21,569,206	11,770,893	1.83	74.9
2037	projection	1,593,044,519	1.52–1.67 billion	21,363,357	11,993,787	1.82	75.1
2038	projection	1,602,029,495	1.52–1.68 billion	21,140,946	12,201,772	1.81	75.3
2039	projection	1,610,571,802	1.52–1.70 billion	20,934,177	12,407,792	1.81	75.5
2040	projection	1,618,706,679	1.52–1.71 billion	20,758,827	12,612,595	1.80	75.7
2041	projection	1,626,453,399	1.52–1.73 billion	20,545,376	12,836,397	1.80	75.9
2042	projection	1,633,785,338	1.52–1.74 billion	20,330,311	13,052,626	1.79	76.1
2043	projection	1,640,685,377	1.53–1.75 billion	20,130,640	13,269,024	1.79	76.3
2044	projection	1,647,145,162	1.52–1.77 billion	19,947,418	13,482,208	1.78	76.5
2045	projection	1,653,228,062	1.52–1.78 billion	19,749,716	13,702,678	1.78	76.6
2046	projection	1,658,907,103	1.52–1.79 billion	19,576,964	13,912,596	1.78	76.8
2047	projection	1,664,189,680	1.52–1.80 billion	19,391,409	14,133,553	1.77	77.0
2048	projection	1,669,066,613	1.52–1.82 billion	19,231,386	14,351,952	1.77	77.2
2049	projection	1,673,552,839	1.52–1.83 billion	19,095,247	14,566,176	1.77	77.4
2050	projection	1,677,686,950	1.51–1.84 billion	18,961,897	14,785,322	1.76	77.5
2051	projection	1,681,491,568	1.51–1.85 billion	18,837,731	14,997,693	1.76	77.7
2052	projection	1,684,950,203	1.50–1.87 billion	18,698,883	15,216,102	1.76	77.9
2053	projection	1,688,065,580	1.50–1.87 billion	18,582,962	15,436,240	1.75	78.1
2054	projection	1,690,865,297	1.49–1.89 billion	18,444,415	15,660,996	1.75	78.3
2055	projection	1,693,271,247	1.49–1.90 billion	18,344,901	15,872,179	1.75	78.4
2056	projection	1,695,385,243	1.48–1.91 billion	18,262,980	16,085,066	1.74	78.6
2057	projection	1,697,168,441	1.48–1.93 billion	18,161,536	16,292,879	1.74	78.8
2058	projection	1,698,670,696	1.47–1.94 billion	18,045,403	16,505,745	1.74	79.0
2059	projection	1,699,839,978	1.47–1.95 billion	17,931,044	16,723,560	1.73	79.1
2060	projection	1,700,692,021	1.46–1.96 billion	17,822,217	16,939,030	1.73	79.3
2061	projection	1,701,211,407	1.45–1.97 billion	17,686,837	17,149,328	1.73	79.5
2062	projection	1,701,356,007	1.44–1.98 billion	17,585,817	17,363,384	1.73	79.6
2063	projection	1,701,190,414	1.43–1.99 billion	17,455,638	17,570,633	1.73	79.8
2064	projection	1,700,709,310	1.42–2.00 billion	17,344,433	17,781,016	1.73	80.0
2065	projection	1,699,891,111	1.41–2.01 billion	17,209,710	18,002,693	1.72	80.2
2066	projection	1,698,703,342	1.40–2.02 billion	17,082,729	18,195,101	1.72	80.3
2067	projection	1,697,235,654	1.39–2.03 billion	16,937,440	18,406,086	1.72	80.5
2068	projection	1,695,396,654	1.38–2.04 billion	16,791,470	18,609,027	1.72	80.7
2069	projection	1,693,194,505	1.37–2.05 billion	16,632,918	18,801,419	1.72	80.8
2070	projection	1,690,648,399	1.36–2.06 billion	16,498,187	19,004,294	1.72	81.0
2071	projection	1,687,756,680	1.34–2.07 billion	16,371,144	19,189,709	1.72	81.1
2072	projection	1,684,558,620	1.33–2.08 billion	16,213,598	19,377,524	1.72	81.3
2073	projection	1,681,015,030	1.32–2.09 billion	16,075,982	19,526,396	1.72	81.5
2074	projection	1,677,196,183	1.31–2.09 billion	15,942,145	19,692,012	1.71	81.6
2075	projection	1,673,077,752	1.29–2.10 billion	15,794,910	19,855,673	1.71	81.8
2076	projection	1,668,642,863	1.28–2.11 billion	15,672,620	19,997,581	1.71	81.9
2077	projection	1,663,956,990	1.27–2.11 billion	15,555,657	20,135,569	1.71	82.1
2078	projection	1,659,012,871	1.26–2.12 billion	15,417,300	20,269,332	1.71	82.2
2079	projection	1,653,820,248	1.24–2.13 billion	15,291,998	20,380,090	1.71	82.4
2080	projection	1,648,382,324	1.23–2.13 billion	15,183,297	20,494,500	1.71	82.5
2081	projection	1,642,715,197	1.21–2.14 billion	15,050,318	20,582,815	1.71	82.7
2082	projection	1,636,841,163	1.20–2.15 billion	14,956,248	20,672,746	1.71	82.8
2083	projection	1,630,794,319	1.19–2.16 billion	14,847,157	20,750,772	1.70	83.0
2084	projection	1,624,544,623	1.17–2.16 billion	14,749,151	20,818,681	1.70	83.1
2085	projection	1,618,143,412	1.16–2.17 billion	14,649,410	20,894,030	1.70	83.3
2086	projection	1,611,544,446	1.14–2.18 billion	14,564,530	20,947,622	1.70	83.4
2087	projection	1,604,802,766	1.13–2.18 billion	14,478,800	20,992,632	1.70	83.6
2088	projection	1,597,979,197	1.11–2.18 billion	14,388,654	21,026,113	1.70	83.7
2089	projection	1,591,006,924	1.10–2.19 billion	14,299,522	21,060,119	1.70	83.8
2090	projection	1,583,911,433	1.08–2.20 billion	14,200,394	21,057,385	1.70	84.0
2091	projection	1,576,698,760	1.07–2.21 billion	14,110,744	21,049,719	1.70	84.1
2092	projection	1,569,408,343	1.05–2.21 billion	14,011,573	21,023,391	1.70	84.2
2093	projection	1,562,083,555	1.04–2.22 billion	13,891,195	20,990,202	1.70	84.4
2094	projection	1,554,637,205	1.02–2.22 billion	13,787,845	20,950,714	1.70	84.5
2095	projection	1,547,138,659	1.01–2.23 billion	13,676,409	20,909,486	1.70	84.6
2096	projection	1,539,587,805	0.99–2.25 billion	13,584,811	20,845,325	1.70	84.8
2097	projection	1,532,021,324	0.97–2.26 billion	13,484,674	20,786,428	1.70	84.9
2098	projection	1,524,421,638	0.96–2.27 billion	13,363,236	20,706,443	1.69	85.0
2099	projection	1,516,758,642	0.94–2.28 billion	13,274,235	20,626,481	1.70	85.2
2100	projection	1,509,106,631	0.93–2.29 billion	13,154,703	20,544,878	1.69	85.3

Show the numbers: India, mid-2026, by single year of age

India: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	11,655,400	10,930,500
1	11,659,600	10,904,800
2	11,675,200	10,890,000
3	11,688,000	10,875,200
4	11,699,600	10,862,400
5	11,738,900	10,875,700
6	11,925,900	11,024,700
7	12,192,700	11,247,300
8	12,263,200	11,287,500
9	12,396,500	11,383,600
10	12,547,500	11,498,100
11	12,481,200	11,420,400
12	12,658,600	11,575,100
13	12,966,900	11,844,000
14	13,103,900	11,943,200
15	13,181,700	11,989,200
16	13,258,800	12,053,300
17	13,254,900	12,054,200
18	13,191,500	11,997,500
19	13,215,400	12,017,200
20	13,315,000	12,098,900
21	13,451,100	12,212,300
22	13,546,800	12,299,600
23	13,604,600	12,365,100
24	13,660,100	12,410,500
25	13,599,100	12,328,500
26	13,406,800	12,144,800
27	13,240,800	11,996,500
28	13,130,700	11,900,600
29	13,018,900	11,813,000
30	12,910,300	11,728,500
31	12,778,300	11,640,200
32	12,612,300	11,538,400
33	12,465,300	11,447,400
34	12,337,500	11,364,400
35	12,179,100	11,254,700
36	12,029,600	11,150,300
37	11,897,100	11,031,100
38	11,733,400	10,871,300
39	11,580,400	10,739,100
40	11,361,400	10,549,300
41	11,095,600	10,308,200
42	10,829,500	10,070,500
43	10,527,100	9,803,620
44	10,249,700	9,557,900
45	9,971,770	9,319,440
46	9,631,830	9,038,900
47	9,278,150	8,744,870
48	8,997,990	8,510,980
49	8,786,040	8,340,040
50	8,537,420	8,139,660
51	8,283,980	7,936,600
52	8,053,060	7,752,370
53	7,777,870	7,519,980
54	7,508,600	7,288,580
55	7,235,220	7,052,140
56	6,966,670	6,817,230
57	6,734,060	6,615,160
58	6,493,480	6,402,580
59	6,235,050	6,169,100
60	5,992,450	5,949,340
61	5,777,920	5,755,940
62	5,564,040	5,562,220
63	5,332,560	5,351,640
64	5,093,350	5,134,070
65	4,849,020	4,912,220
66	4,597,690	4,685,530
67	4,351,060	4,466,310
68	4,116,680	4,260,310
69	3,874,130	4,044,900
70	3,620,640	3,817,440
71	3,364,800	3,584,550
72	3,100,930	3,337,900
73	2,832,080	3,080,370
74	2,569,970	2,823,420
75	2,320,760	2,574,020
76	2,081,870	2,330,350
77	1,769,700	2,011,600
78	1,488,130	1,741,330
79	1,316,770	1,577,630
80	1,162,110	1,409,010
81	1,014,860	1,246,530
82	879,604	1,097,100
83	757,538	962,261
84	648,950	841,610
85	553,096	733,550
86	468,931	636,683
87	394,932	549,915
88	327,750	466,930
89	265,672	385,138
90	210,538	309,439
91	164,385	244,346
92	126,401	189,562
93	95,346	143,522
94	70,606	106,160
95	51,213	76,798
96	36,299	54,351
97	25,112	37,528
98	16,902	25,198
99	11,027	16,450
100+	16,621	26,174

IND · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

India, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

IND · ages 15–64

Who does the work in India

On the UN's projection, India will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2048: 1,135,200,000 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 978,191,000.

100 aged 15–64

37 children

10 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 35 years: 2019–2053.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

IND · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in India, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 India loses 719,436 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 181,714 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 20,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 774,094 (1979); its biggest loss, 1,353,478 (2022).

In 2024, 4,796,255 people living in India had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

IND · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in India

Of every 100 babies born in India in 2023, 4 had a mother under 20, 88 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 8 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 18 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
18 · 68 · 14

2023
4 · 88 · 8

2050 · projected
1 · 87 · 12

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.

Babies born, 2023: 23,219,489
Average age when women have a baby: 27.5 years; 28.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 14; 149 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in India by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	214,025	385,940	311,517	12,382	586	81
15–19	2,567,278	4,950,251	5,976,446	858,819	161,649	57,571
20–24	4,285,190	7,469,608	10,860,401	8,021,603	4,009,846	1,558,117
25–29	3,567,492	5,096,324	7,050,855	8,119,594	7,172,275	4,399,087
30–34	2,506,190	3,175,235	3,232,607	4,271,970	5,388,894	4,768,079
35–39	1,471,082	1,686,551	1,251,873	1,445,536	1,682,481	1,874,425
40–44	594,055	566,814	362,847	432,708	497,937	465,081
45–49	79,504	114,826	61,537	47,945	39,680	30,530
50–54	3,182	5,521	3,629	8,932	8,549	1,732
All babies	15,287,998	23,451,070	29,111,712	23,219,489	18,961,897	13,154,703

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

IND · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in India

Of the 67.3 years a baby born in India in 2021 could expect, about 58.1 would be lived in full health (95% range 57.5–58.9). That leaves 9.2 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

58.3 in full health, 10.7 not: 69.0 years

Men

58.0 in full health, 7.8 not: 65.8 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.3 healthy years of 69.0. Men: 58.0 of 65.8. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 60.9.

IND · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in India

At the end of 2025, India was hosting 253,718 people who had crossed a border into it, about 0.2 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad253,718
India nationals abroad223,731

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 5,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from India living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 2,117 people asked for asylum in India for the first time; 50,492 people from India asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from India whose claims were decided that year, 14 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

IND · of every 100 people

How people live in India

Of every 100 people in India in 2025, 40 lived in a city, 44 in a town or suburb and 16 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 35.1 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.

How the world's people live

IND · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in India went in school

Of every 100 adults in India in 2020, 34 never went to school and 34 finished upper secondary or went further.

34 never went to school 6 some primary 14 finished primary 12 finished lower secondary 21 finished upper secondary 13 studied after school

Among women, 18.3 of every 100 aged 25–29 never went to school, against 60.4 of every 100 aged 60–64; among men, 12 against 34.2.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2045; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2065.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

IND · cities · 2025

Cities in India

India had 2,054 cities in 2025, home to 589.4 million people. The largest, New Delhi, holds 2 of every 100 people in India.

New Delhi30,222,405
Kolkata22,549,738
Mumbai20,203,056
Bengaluru13,187,098
Chennai11,153,205
Hajipur9,941,510
Hyderabad9,190,795
Ahmedabad7,632,408
Surat6,908,925
Pune6,817,951

All 411 cities in India that reach 300,000 people

New Delhi 30,222,405
Kolkata 22,549,738
Mumbai 20,203,056
Bengaluru 13,187,098
Chennai 11,153,205
Hajipur 9,941,510
Hyderabad 9,190,795
Ahmedabad 7,632,408
Surat 6,908,925
Pune 6,817,951
Kozhikode 6,123,872
Kochi 5,077,670
Lucknow 5,052,444
Kanpur 4,329,973
Jaipur 4,071,754
Varanasi 3,858,863
Indore 3,476,423
Patna 3,309,383
Nagpur 3,257,841
Kalyan-Dombivli 3,163,424
Kollam 3,074,562
Thiruvananthapuram 2,946,119
Asansol 2,924,741
Tamluk 2,894,484
Agra 2,786,762
Bhopal 2,487,205
Dighwara 2,469,443
Chandigarh 2,437,733
Ponnani 2,409,567
Coimbatore 2,382,988
Prayagraj 2,347,869
Vadodara 2,270,298
Ludhiana 2,245,106
Meerut 2,209,886
Madurai 2,138,746
Dhanbad 2,020,181
Mehsi 2,018,610
Nashik 1,996,763
Jamshedpur 1,956,840
Bibhutpur 1,904,411
Ranchi 1,819,944
Aligarh 1,729,663
Dhulian 1,699,325
Visakhapatnam 1,641,957
Bareilly 1,635,214
Maharajganj (26.2° N, 84.5° E) 1,601,258
Jabalpur 1,582,131
Rajkot 1,581,235
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 1,567,020
Gwalior 1,554,246
Vasai-Virar 1,542,177
Gorakhpur 1,519,206
Jodhpur 1,515,910
Moradabad 1,484,611
Raipur 1,478,688
Durg 1,393,235
Thrissur 1,371,675
Vijayawada 1,351,098
Tiruchirappalli 1,349,040
Mysuru 1,342,126
Salem 1,337,000
Guwahati 1,314,019
Amritsar 1,303,330
Saharanpur 1,275,279
Tiruppur 1,242,837
Gyanpur 1,237,249
Kota 1,232,364
Dehradun 1,219,198
Begusarai 1,210,200
Jalandhar 1,192,763
Jammu 1,154,466
Bhubaneshwar 1,146,434
Srinagar 1,126,638
Berhampore 1,109,144
Solapur 1,102,702
Kottayam 1,043,314
Barharia 1,038,927
Thalassery 1,038,647
Malda 1,001,322
Puducherry 998,290
Mangaluru 993,566
Gaya 991,081
Dharwad 965,667
Faizabad 952,074
Darbhanga 950,875
Krishnanagar 948,788
Erode 892,758
Sitamarhi 889,696
Bikaner 882,222
Firozabad 878,282
Bokaro 862,593
Guntur 862,068
Muzaffarnagar 849,004
Bakhtiyarpur 843,195
Kotwali 839,900
Colachel 837,735
Warangal 837,561
Imphal 824,757
Vellore 820,103
Kolhapur 819,671
Munger 814,325
Udaipur 807,617
Belagavi 800,130
Bilaspur 799,772
Jalgaon 781,486
Rourkela 776,631
Kharagpur 776,133
Amravati 771,610
Cape Town 770,260
Nanded 770,215
Sangli 761,451
Agartala 758,699
Kalaburagi 753,963
Bhavnagar 739,115
Nellore 732,235
Patiala 718,308
Haridwar 717,990
Mirzapur 710,567
Panipat 710,363
Rasoi 703,790
Shahjahanpur 694,580
Panvel 692,036
Akola 683,391
Vapi 682,459
Jamnagar 680,589
Yamunanagar 677,536
Anand 664,789
Kannur 662,128
Jhansi 662,059
Siliguri 658,183
Dhule 643,777
Jalpaiguri 642,158
Ajmer 631,176
Malegaon 618,133
Farrukhabad 615,831
Ambala 615,565
Rajmahal 612,055
Bihar Sharif 607,401
Jangalpara 600,501
Darjeeling 590,052
Brahmapur 590,028
Sagar 587,471
Ballari 587,340
Deoria 586,987
Ujjain 583,405
Rajamahendravaram 582,520
Jaunpur 580,893
Ballia 576,284
Alwar 571,972
Mathura 566,188
Sultanpur 562,032
Chhapra 559,249
Davanagere 559,117
Kalyanpur 557,803
Rampur 553,229
Azamgarh 551,621
Bahraich 550,317
Arrah 547,584
Silchar 544,936
Hisar 543,775
Bulandshahr 543,659
Tirupati 539,275
Bettiah 535,979
Shillong 534,861
Ahmednagar 534,622
Rohtak 526,540
Latur 519,913
Bhore 518,289
Satna 517,402
Mau 512,415
Roorkee 511,291
Lakhimpur 501,540
Fatehpur (25.9° N, 80.8° E) 494,897
Karnal 494,241
Hapur 493,837
Hardoi 493,665
Kakinada 488,958
Bazarati 487,581
Dimapur 487,500
Cooch Behar 484,313
Siuri 480,595
Gonda 477,697
Etawah 475,213
Ghazipur 473,824
Raebareli 472,091
Sitapur 469,750
Kurnool 468,997
Ichalkaranji 465,814
Balia 465,399
Haldwani 463,530
Purnia 461,043
Nagercoil 460,826
Saharsa 456,879
Raiganj 456,239
Basti 450,449
Vijayapura 450,192
Canning 447,522
Parbhani 446,508
Thanjavur 443,736
Nizamabad 442,690
Anantapur 442,201
Dindigul 438,809
Cuddalore 436,495
Sambhal 435,760
Bhilwara 434,406
Jhusi 431,880
Padrauna 431,649
Katihar 430,470
Khansahib 428,041
Shivamogga 423,880
Deoghar 423,674
Bathinda 421,753
Navsari 421,121
Giridih 420,525
Hosur 420,017
Basirhat 419,703
Chandrapur 416,903
Hathras 413,122
Bharuch 411,095
Waidhan 408,489
Jalna 406,973
Bhind 406,712
Kumbakonam 405,885
Tumakuru 403,109
Bharatpur 402,987
Palakkad 401,965
Bhiwadi 401,290
Modinagar 400,401
Pratapgarh 398,315
Khandwa 394,910
Kanchipuram 394,850
Sonipat 394,583
Mahesana 394,304
Morena 393,553
Kadapa 393,513
Motihari 392,303
Nadiad 391,934
Tamkuhi Raj 389,533
Eluru 383,068
Rewa 383,019
Badaun 382,686
Kralpora 377,602
Tirunelveli 376,005
Viluppuram 375,616
Debandi 374,423
Junagadh 373,265
Khagaria 372,707
Dewas 370,472
Dehri 368,750
Thoothukudi 368,221
Godhra 367,633
Ratlam 366,958
Silvassa 366,589
Yavatmal 363,908
Pilibhit 358,059
Aizawl 356,620
Korba 355,784
Satara 355,609
Dhubri 355,592
Kurukshetra 353,119
Khurja 352,785
Madhubani 352,336
Karimnagar 351,832
Purulia 350,713
Dahod 350,660
Simri 348,804
Mainpuri 347,106
Khammam 346,533
Burhanpur 346,277
Etah 344,002
Tiruvannamalai 342,795
Birpur 339,926
Bhagalpur 339,560
Thakurdwara 336,772
Pupri 336,223
Tanur 335,953
Sri Ganganagar 335,747
Nagaon 333,706
Sikar 333,509
Rudrapur 332,826
Sasaram 332,715
Chandausi 331,969
Greater Noida 329,385
Tezpur 328,217
Puri 328,196
Bhadohi 326,738
Rishikesh 325,933
Khanakul 325,882
Katni 321,522
Ranipet 320,233
Balurghat 319,934
Raichur 319,647
Bhusawal 317,085
Hazaribagh 316,861
Surendranagar 316,206
Udupi 315,743
Pathankot 315,476
Kodarma 313,949
Gandhidham 313,691
Bidar 312,534
Vizianagaram 312,315
Simri Bakhtiarpur 311,434
Beed 310,278
Madhepura 309,065
Damoh 307,218
Bankura 306,650
Benipur 304,786
Barmer 304,268
Sivakasi 302,256
Orai 301,946
Jigani 301,763
Amroha 301,108
Siwan 300,919
Sirsa 300,414
Anantnag 299,385
Karur 297,598
Attingal 297,140
Valsad 296,851
Ankleshwar 296,840
Najibabad 296,669
Wardha 295,117
Chhindwara 293,950
Bhadrak 291,997
Nawada (24.9° N, 85.5° E) 290,657
Habra 290,311
Maheshkhunt 289,419
Banda 289,334
Mayiladuthurai 288,923
Bhiwani 288,360
Jianpur 286,148
Gondia 285,870
Zakiganj 284,125
Boisar 283,063
Batala 281,142
Shankarpur 280,248
Tundla 280,215
Ekma 279,229
Medininagar 278,795
Dhaulpur 277,498
Morbi 275,191
RICCO Industrial Area 274,572
Dalla 272,778
Guna 271,913
Jind 270,881
Hassan 270,626
Minakhan 270,142
Muriya 269,810
Beldanga 269,051
Patahi 268,862
Chhatarpur 268,598
Bihpur 266,585
Bijnor 266,240
Kaithal 265,502
Nautan 264,437
Shikohabad 264,322
Firozpur 263,304
Pali 263,275
Palwal 262,399
Ambur 261,614
Moirabari 261,593
Areraj 261,142
Khalilabad 259,783
Vidisha 259,638
Nawada (26.2° N, 86.5° E) 259,262
Masaurhi 258,274
Borigaon 253,566
Araria 251,001
Sikandarabad 250,310
Balrampur 248,830
Dausa 248,804
Naugarh 248,273
Dhupguri 245,107
Sawai Madhopur 243,561
Khajauli 242,567
Kannauj 242,353
Payyanur 240,715
Dohrighat 239,251
Dhaka 237,385
Lakhnaur 237,133
Modanganj 236,293
Amarpur 236,273
Tanda 234,610
Bilasipara 234,318
Chakan 233,615
Masrakh 228,857
Maharajganj (27.1° N, 83.6° E) 225,197
Ramgarh 224,417
Sahebganj 221,858
Dhampur 219,479
Baraut 214,706
Darauli 211,985
Koliwar 211,825
Maner 209,055
Madhuban 209,032
Pampore 206,302
Asarganj 204,072
Supaul 202,024
Gamharia 200,505
Domariaganj 187,658
Meja Road 186,137
Handia 176,779
Islampur 176,380
Shahabad 156,497
Bairgachhi 148,986
Haidarganj 139,637
Sandila 130,012
Chauri Chaura 126,176
Phulidumar 122,053
Akbarpur 109,949
Fatehpur (24.6° N, 85.2° E) 92,631
Pattan 75,975

How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for India are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.