By May 2023, India is the most populous country in the world. According to the United Nations, at the end of April, India surpassed its neighbor China, which was previously the world’s most populous nation.
China’s population is declining and aging due to family planning policies launched in the 1970s, as well as rising incomes and education, Vox reports. The United Nations expects that China will lose almost half of its population by the year 2100.
However, India contributes more to global working-age population growth than any other country, according to CNN. Birth rates in India have fallen recently, so that will not be the case in 25 years, but currently India’s young, working population is of remarkable size.
What is the population of India?
India’s population was reported to be approximately 1.43 billion when it surpassed China’s in April, according to CNN.
That figure represents a population increase of about 20 million since 2021, when India’s population was estimated at 1.41 billion people, according to the World Bank.
What is India’s most populous city?
Mumbai is India’s most populous city with a population of more than 12.6 million, according to the World Population Review. That’s almost 2 million more people than India’s second most populous city, Delhi, which boasts a population of around 10.9 million.
What is the population density of India?
In 2020, India’s population density was estimated to be about 1,217 people per square kilometer (470 per square kilometer), according to the World Bank.
That’s about 13 times the population density of the United States in 2021, which was about 94 people per square kilometer (36 per square kilometer), according to Statista—and India has grown much faster than the United States since then, according to the World Bank.
