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Asia · Southern Asia
India is recorded at 1.45bn people in 2024, with total annual change of +12,999,094 under the WPP medium variant.
India observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 23,186,978 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -9,557,050 |
| Natural change | +13,629,928 |
| Net migration | -630,830 |
| Total change | +12,999,094 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +12,999,094 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -250,347,916 since 2061 |
| Projected 2100 | 1.51bn |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
India 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 360.34m, ages 15-64 978.19m, ages 65+ 99.54m.
India 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 298.82m, ages 15-64 1.13bn, ages 65+ 246.63m.
India 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 207.36m, ages 15-64 847.95m, ages 65+ 449.95m.
Stage since 2020.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2048.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.45bn | 12,999,094 | 23.19m | 9.56m | 1.96 |
| 2030 | 1.53bn | 11,565,911 | 22.55m | 10.60m | 1.88 |
| 2050 | 1.68bn | 3,804,618 | 18.96m | 14.79m | 1.76 |
| 2080 | 1.65bn | -5,667,127 | 15.18m | 20.49m | 1.71 |
| 2100 | 1.51bn | -7,709,741 | 13.15m | 20.54m | 1.69 |