The population of India is expected to grow by 14,460,000 in 2020 and reach 1,397,423,000 in 2021. Migration (including immigration and emigration) decreases population by 400,000 people yearly. On average there are 25,033,117 births and 10,261,946 deaths in India per year. Rate of natural increase is approximately 1.07 percent per year. The population density of India has changed from 234.4 in 1980 to 455.4 in 2018.
| Current population | 1,394,772,863 people at present (Friday 23rd of October 2020) | |
| Median Age | 30.8 years |
| Life expectancy | 69.5 years | |
| Population density | 465.2 per km2 |
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,383,198,000 | 14,460,000 (1.1%) | -400,000 | 30.8 | 2.24 | 465 | 481,118,000 (34.8%) |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -490,000 | 30.5 | 2.26 | 460 | 470,271,000 (34.4%) |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -490,000 | 30.3 | 2.29 | 455 | 459,592,000 (33.9%) |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -490,000 | 30.0 | 2.31 | 450 | 449,094,000 (33.5%) |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 (0.0%) | -490,000 | 29.8 | 2.33 | 445 | 438,777,420 (33.1%) |
| 2015 | 1,309,053,980 | 15,194,686 (1.2%) | -490,000 | 29.5 | 2.35 | 440 | 428,675,907 (32.7%) |
| 2010 | 1,230,980,691 | 16,710,559 (1.4%) | -515,643 | 28.3 | 2.60 | 414 | 380,742,328 (30.9%) |
| 2005 | 1,144,118,674 | 17,982,897 (1.6%) | -582,766 | 27.3 | 2.97 | 385 | 334,483,094 (29.2%) |
| 2000 | 1,053,050,912 | 18,511,698 (1.8%) | -390,182 | 26.4 | 3.31 | 354 | 291,347,596 (27.7%) |
| 1995 | 960,482,795 | 18,278,546 (1.9%) | -143,380 | 25.7 | 3.65 | 323 | 255,555,657 (26.6%) |
| 1990 | 870,133,480 | 17,863,446 (2.1%) | -110,587 | 25.1 | 4.05 | 293 | 222,293,000 (25.5%) |
| 1985 | 781,666,671 | 17,421,469 (2.2%) | 9,029 | 24.7 | 4.48 | 263 | 190,320,201 (24.3%) |
| 1980 | 696,783,517 | 15,867,713 (2.3%) | 116,619 | 24.5 | 4.83 | 234 | 160,943,057 (23.1%) |
| 1975 | 621,301,720 | 14,251,465 (2.3%) | 231,436 | 24.2 | 5.19 | 209 | 132,536,083 (21.3%) |
| 1970 | 553,578,513 | 12,073,437 (2.2%) | 428,664 | 24.1 | 5.59 | 186 | 109,387,114 (19.8%) |
| 1965 | 497,702,365 | 10,217,830 (2.1%) | -69,036 | 24.1 | 5.83 | 167 | 93,493,389 (18.8%) |
| 1960 | 449,480,608 | 9,014,355 (2.0%) | -17,076 | 24.2 | 5.91 | 151 | 80,564,904 (17.9%) |
In 2019 the population of India was 1,368,738,000 and the average age increased from 24.2 in 1960 to 30.5. Urban population has increased from 291,347,596 (27.7%) in 2000 to 481,118,000 (34.8%) in the current year. The population density of India has changed from 234.4 in 1980 to 455.4 in 2018.
| Year | Population | Year change | Migrants | Median age | Fertility rate | Density (Ppl/km2) | Urban population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1,383,198,000 | 14,460,000 (1.1%) | -400,000 | 30.8 | 2.24 | 465 | 481,118,000 (34.8%) |
| 2025 | 1,451,829,000 | 13,194,000 (0.9%) | -400,000 | 32.0 | 2.14 | 488 | 537,714,000 (37.0%) |
| 2030 | 1,512,985,000 | 11,523,000 (0.8%) | -400,000 | 33.2 | 2.06 | 509 | 597,493,000 (39.5%) |
| 2035 | 1,564,570,000 | 9,462,000 (0.6%) | -400,000 | 34.4 | 1.99 | 526 | 658,809,000 (42.1%) |
| 2040 | 1,605,356,000 | 7,345,000 (0.5%) | -400,000 | 35.7 | 1.93 | 540 | 719,215,000 (44.8%) |
| 2045 | 1,636,496,000 | 5,512,000 (0.3%) | -400,000 | 36.9 | 1.88 | 550 | 777,794,000 (47.5%) |
| 2050 | 1,658,978,000 | 3,825,000 (0.2%) | -400,000 | 38.0 | 1.84 | 558 | 833,968,000 (50.3%) |
Total India population should reach 1,383,198,000 by 2020 and should increase to 1,658,978,000 people by year 2050. The life expectancy at birth should reach 74.7 (72.5 years for male and 76.9 years for females). Population density will go up to 558.0 people per square kilometer.
The population growth rate is 1.06% (14,686,000 residents, including 9,982,884 deaths). The demographics of India constitutes of 666,827,000 women and 716,371,000 men, which means there are 1,074 men per 1000 women. As far as age distribution goes, 35.7% of population (493,663,366) is 19 or younger, 57.8% of population (798,796,845) is between age 20 and 64 and 6.6% of population (90,737,789) is over 65.