Indian Population
About India
India has the largest population in the world, with a current population of 1,432,260,263 (as on 14-Jan-24). It is also the largest largest democracy in the world. India overtook China in 2023, which is the only other country to cross the one billion mark. Although India occupies only 2% of the world's land area, it supports over 17.5% of the world's population
The population clock at International Institute of Population Sciences, Mumbai, ticks at the rate of 38 persons per minute. The clock shows an approx increase of 55,000 persons everyday, in India . Hence the population of India increases by about 20 million every year, which is approximately the total population of Zambia. (Every year, the total population of Zambia, is added to the population of India!)
India's birth rate which is 17 per 1000 people (death rate is 7 per 1000) is greater than China's birth rate of 7.5 per 1000 people. (China has a declining population of approx 1.42 billion people.) The density of the population in India is approx 430 per square kilometre. This is approx 12 times greater than the density in the United States and 3 times greater than the density in China. Only four countries in the world - China, USA, Indonesia and Pakistan, have more population than Uttar Pradesh (230 million), which is one of the 28 states in India.