Population — Total Population - Both sexes in India
India: Population — Total Population - Both sexes was 1.44 million 1000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in India, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population — total population - both sexes in India is 1.44 million 1000 No, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population — total population - both sexes in India peaked at 1.44 million 1000 No in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.24 million 1000 No, in 2010.
India ranks 2nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Population — Total Population - Both sexes in India, year by year
| Year | 1000 No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1.24 million 1000 No | — |
| 2011 | 1.26 million 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1.28 million 1000 No | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 1.30 million 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 1.31 million 1000 No | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.33 million 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.34 million 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1.36 million 1000 No | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 1.37 million 1000 No | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.39 million 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.40 million 1000 No | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 1.41 million 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.43 million 1000 No | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 1.44 million 1000 No | +0.9% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 1.44 million 1000 No is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,637 1000 No, 123.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- India's 1.44 million 1000 No is above the median for South Asia, which is 26,333 1000 No, 54.6× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.32 million 1000 No | 1.24 million 1000 No | 1.39 million 1000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million 1000 No | 1.40 million 1000 No | 1.44 million 1000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 1 China 1.45 million 1000 No compare
- 3 China, mainland 1.42 million 1000 No compare
- 4 United States 343,477 1000 No compare
- 5 Indonesia 281,190 1000 No compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population — total population - both sexes in India?
- Population — total population - both sexes in India was 1.44 million 1000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest population — total population - both sexes recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 million 1000 No in 2023.
- What is the lowest population — total population - both sexes recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.24 million 1000 No in 2010.
- How does India rank for population — total population - both sexes?
- India ranks 2nd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is population — total population - both sexes rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Population — Total Population - Both sexes. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.