What is the size of India’s population?
Population
Population compares estimates from the US Bureau of the Census based on statistics from population censuses, vital statistics registration systems, or sample surveys pertaining to the recent past and on assumptions about future trends.
Population growth projection
Projected by UN’s Population Division in World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. There are many sets of assumptions in the projections, and we show here the medium fertility scenario as a base case.
India’s population
India is the world’s second-most populous country with around 1,297 million people. It is almost four times the size of those in the US. The population growth is projected to be at a healthy rate of 0.921% annually over the next five years.
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