"India's Population: Exploring the Numbers"
About India
India has the largest population in the world, with a current population of 1,460,511,441 (as on 23-Nov-25). 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 24.5 persons per minute, which works out to approximate increase of 35,500 persons everyday. Hence the population of India increases by about 12.9 million (0.89%) every year, which is approximately the total population of Bolivia. (So we could say that every year, the total population of Bolivia, 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 1.41 billion people.) The density of the population in India is approximate 470 per square kilometre. This is approximate 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 (240 million), which is one of the 28 States (+8 Union Territories) in India.