Population growth in India:

From 1960 to 2021 the population of India increased from 450.55 million to 1.41 billion people. This is a growth of 212.4 percent in 61 years. The highest increase in India was recorded in 1974 with 2.36 percent. The smallest increase in 2021 with 0.80 percent.

In the same period, the total population of all countries worldwide increased by 160.2 percent.

The average age in India rose by 2.63 years from 2012 to 2021 from 26.07 to 28.70 years (median value).

Around 35 percent of the inhabitants live in the country's larger cities. This growing trend of urbanization is increasing by 2.1 percent annually.