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AustraliaThe most populous countries
In the World Bank's current population series India's total first exceeds China's in 2021; United Nations demographers, working from earlier estimates, had dated the crossover to April 2023. In 2025 India had 1.46 billion people and China 1.41 billion; China's population has been falling since 2022.
Latest (2025)1.46 billionIndia
Change on previous▲ 0.9%vs 2024
Data points3966 series
IndiaChinaUnited StatesIndonesiaPakistanNigeria
Unit: people · Hover or tap points for values.
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| Period | India | China | United States | Indonesia | Pakistan | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,463,865,525 | 1,406,585,000 | 341,784,857 | 285,721,236 | 255,219,554 | 237,527,782 |
| 2024 | 1,450,935,791 | 1,408,975,000 | 340,003,797 | 283,487,931 | 251,269,164 | 232,679,478 |
| 2023 | 1,438,069,596 | 1,410,710,000 | 336,755,052 | 281,190,067 | 247,504,495 | 227,882,945 |
| 2022 | 1,425,423,212 | 1,412,175,000 | 333,996,304 | 278,830,529 | 243,700,667 | 223,150,896 |
| 2021 | 1,414,203,896 | 1,412,360,000 | 332,100,166 | 276,758,053 | 239,477,801 | 218,529,286 |
| 2020 | 1,402,617,695 | 1,411,100,000 | 331,578,104 | 274,814,866 | 235,001,746 | 213,996,181 |
| 2019 | 1,389,030,312 | 1,407,745,000 | 330,226,227 | 272,489,381 | 230,800,899 | 209,485,641 |
| 2018 | 1,374,659,064 | 1,402,760,000 | 328,529,577 | 269,951,846 | 226,928,892 | 204,938,755 |
| 2017 | 1,359,657,400 | 1,396,215,000 | 326,608,609 | 267,346,658 | 223,273,967 | 200,254,579 |
| 2016 | 1,343,944,296 | 1,387,790,000 | 324,353,340 | 264,627,418 | 220,138,869 | 195,443,700 |
| 2015 | 1,328,024,498 | 1,379,860,000 | 321,815,121 | 261,799,249 | 217,290,883 | 190,671,878 |
| 2014 | 1,312,277,191 | 1,371,860,000 | 319,257,560 | 258,877,399 | 214,264,647 | 185,896,915 |
| 2013 | 1,295,829,511 | 1,363,240,000 | 316,726,282 | 255,852,467 | 211,073,978 | 181,049,443 |
| 2012 | 1,278,674,502 | 1,354,190,000 | 314,339,099 | 252,698,525 | 207,667,125 | 176,200,625 |
| 2011 | 1,261,224,954 | 1,345,035,000 | 311,839,461 | 249,470,032 | 203,746,065 | 171,379,598 |
| 2010 | 1,243,481,564 | 1,337,705,000 | 309,378,227 | 246,305,322 | 199,239,047 | 166,642,886 |
| 2009 | 1,225,524,753 | 1,331,260,000 | 306,771,529 | 243,220,028 | 194,376,534 | 162,049,464 |
| 2008 | 1,207,930,964 | 1,324,655,000 | 304,093,966 | 240,157,903 | 189,499,113 | 157,595,014 |
| 2007 | 1,190,676,021 | 1,317,885,000 | 301,231,207 | 237,062,337 | 184,493,231 | 153,267,261 |
| 2006 | 1,172,878,890 | 1,311,020,000 | 298,379,912 | 233,951,652 | 179,682,690 | 149,077,334 |
| 2005 | 1,154,676,322 | 1,303,720,000 | 295,516,599 | 230,871,650 | 175,453,212 | 145,017,253 |
| 2004 | 1,135,991,513 | 1,296,075,000 | 292,805,298 | 227,926,649 | 171,286,000 | 141,057,045 |
| 2003 | 1,116,803,006 | 1,288,400,000 | 290,107,933 | 225,048,008 | 167,110,248 | 137,202,644 |
| 2002 | 1,097,600,380 | 1,280,400,000 | 287,625,193 | 222,088,495 | 163,222,549 | 133,471,989 |
| 2001 | 1,077,898,575 | 1,271,850,000 | 284,968,955 | 219,097,902 | 159,270,907 | 129,862,595 |
| 2000 | 1,057,922,733 | 1,262,645,000 | 282,162,411 | 216,077,790 | 154,879,127 | 126,382,494 |
| 1999 | 1,038,225,823 | 1,252,735,000 | 279,040,000 | 213,004,668 | 150,565,377 | 123,047,320 |
| 1998 | 1,018,665,080 | 1,241,935,000 | 275,854,000 | 209,826,788 | 146,522,356 | 119,846,254 |
| 1997 | 999,133,762 | 1,230,075,000 | 272,657,000 | 206,536,095 | 142,531,804 | 116,754,792 |
| 1996 | 979,678,458 | 1,217,550,000 | 269,394,000 | 203,204,348 | 138,557,092 | 113,754,779 |
| 1995 | 960,301,044 | 1,204,855,000 | 266,278,000 | 199,888,057 | 134,582,253 | 110,819,428 |
| 1994 | 941,163,767 | 1,191,835,000 | 263,126,000 | 196,591,828 | 130,748,083 | 107,935,714 |
| 1993 | 922,118,387 | 1,178,440,000 | 259,919,000 | 193,305,168 | 127,020,117 | 105,122,069 |
| 1992 | 902,957,070 | 1,164,970,000 | 256,514,000 | 190,043,744 | 123,546,848 | 102,372,770 |
| 1991 | 883,927,600 | 1,150,780,000 | 252,981,000 | 186,778,238 | 120,060,406 | 99,720,162 |
| 1990 | 864,972,221 | 1,135,185,000 | 249,623,000 | 183,501,098 | 116,155,576 | 97,120,925 |
| 1989 | 846,039,529 | 1,118,650,000 | 246,819,000 | 180,201,630 | 112,336,629 | 94,531,014 |
| 1988 | 827,342,990 | 1,101,630,000 | 244,499,000 | 176,855,065 | 108,724,739 | 92,020,090 |
| 1987 | 808,931,270 | 1,084,035,000 | 242,289,000 | 173,511,154 | 105,130,717 | 89,591,716 |
| 1986 | 790,689,978 | 1,066,790,000 | 240,133,000 | 170,175,065 | 101,606,764 | 87,235,953 |
| 1985 | 772,647,793 | 1,051,040,000 | 237,924,000 | 166,776,185 | 98,229,285 | 84,897,973 |
| 1984 | 754,875,449 | 1,036,825,000 | 235,825,000 | 163,251,124 | 95,164,936 | 82,526,443 |
| 1983 | 737,372,681 | 1,023,310,000 | 233,792,000 | 159,651,381 | 92,227,711 | 80,438,260 |
| 1982 | 720,313,473 | 1,008,630,000 | 231,664,000 | 156,052,152 | 89,089,246 | 78,378,701 |
| 1981 | 703,696,250 | 993,885,000 | 229,466,000 | 152,485,035 | 85,802,049 | 76,068,103 |
| 1980 | 687,354,025 | 981,235,000 | 227,225,000 | 148,950,540 | 82,291,010 | 73,764,641 |
| 1979 | 671,155,747 | 969,005,000 | 225,055,000 | 145,434,834 | 78,997,039 | 71,498,242 |
| 1978 | 655,728,229 | 956,165,000 | 222,585,000 | 141,953,163 | 76,307,379 | 69,326,532 |
| 1977 | 640,801,103 | 943,455,000 | 220,239,000 | 138,533,541 | 73,901,827 | 67,234,590 |
| 1976 | 625,861,883 | 930,685,000 | 218,035,000 | 135,173,655 | 71,620,254 | 65,258,009 |
| 1975 | 611,309,535 | 916,395,000 | 215,973,000 | 131,843,848 | 69,461,175 | 63,410,815 |
| 1974 | 597,041,391 | 900,350,000 | 213,854,000 | 128,555,045 | 67,415,487 | 61,679,144 |
| 1973 | 583,465,598 | 881,940,000 | 211,909,000 | 125,288,515 | 65,461,912 | 60,082,139 |
| 1972 | 570,482,142 | 862,030,000 | 209,896,000 | 122,039,841 | 63,583,194 | 58,601,748 |
| 1971 | 558,096,387 | 841,105,000 | 207,661,000 | 118,833,702 | 61,847,899 | 57,214,684 |
| 1970 | 545,864,268 | 818,315,000 | 205,052,000 | 115,657,495 | 60,166,719 | 55,893,838 |
| 1969 | 533,880,544 | 796,025,000 | 202,677,000 | 112,517,639 | 58,460,939 | 54,631,914 |
| 1968 | 522,716,889 | 774,510,000 | 200,706,000 | 109,450,006 | 56,810,507 | 53,432,783 |
| 1967 | 511,606,372 | 754,550,000 | 198,712,000 | 106,526,393 | 55,214,768 | 52,293,065 |
| 1966 | 500,740,247 | 735,400,000 | 196,560,000 | 103,792,754 | 53,678,667 | 51,188,234 |
| 1965 | 490,140,146 | 715,185,000 | 194,303,000 | 101,365,130 | 52,209,010 | 50,086,764 |
| 1964 | 479,229,598 | 698,355,000 | 191,889,000 | 98,833,749 | 50,799,999 | 49,012,016 |
| 1963 | 468,138,575 | 682,335,000 | 189,242,000 | 96,051,424 | 49,447,776 | 47,973,575 |
| 1962 | 457,283,090 | 665,770,000 | 186,538,000 | 93,375,850 | 48,156,128 | 46,965,292 |
| 1961 | 446,564,729 | 660,330,000 | 183,691,000 | 90,791,249 | 46,921,277 | 45,989,310 |
| 1960 | 435,990,338 | 667,070,000 | 180,671,000 | 88,296,070 | 45,709,310 | 45,053,782 |