Demographics
Visualizing India’s Population Growth from 2022-2100
Visualizing India’s Population Growth from 2022-2100
For years, India has been on track to overtake China as the world’s most populated country.
In fact, we’ve covered this phenomenon in past articles, back when India was expected to overtake China’s population by the end of the decade.
However, according to the UN’s latest population prospects, this takeover is projected to happen sooner than previously expected—as early as next year.
This graphic by Pablo Alvarez provides an up-to-date chart of India’s population growth projections compared to other countries. Projection data from Our World in Data ranges from 1800 all the way to until 2100.
Some Historical Context
For over three centuries, China has had the largest population of any country in the world.
In the 1800s, China’s population was about 322 million, which was nearly double India’s at the time. And until the mid-20th century, both countries’ populations stayed relatively stable.
However, in 1949, China’s population started to experience dramatic growth. This occurred after the Chinese Civil War when the People’s Republic of China was first established.
Around the same time, India’s population had also started to increase. Since both countries were experiencing population booms, the status quo remained the same, and China kept its position as the world’s most populated country.
Year | China's Population | India's Population |
---|---|---|
1950 | 543,979,233 | 357,021,106 |
1951 | 553,613,990 | 364,922,356 |
1952 | 564,954,522 | 372,997,192 |
1953 | 577,378,687 | 381,227,710 |
1954 | 589,936,006 | 389,731,408 |
1955 | 603,320,152 | 398,577,988 |
1956 | 616,283,025 | 407,656,598 |
1957 | 630,003,022 | 416,935,404 |
1958 | 643,791,575 | 426,295,767 |
1959 | 652,179,197 | 435,900,351 |
1960 | 654,170,699 | 445,954,573 |
1961 | 655,260,384 | 456,351,883 |
1962 | 664,614,653 | 467,024,195 |
1963 | 683,903,564 | 477,933,620 |
1964 | 704,593,776 | 489,059,307 |
1965 | 723,846,349 | 500,114,347 |
1966 | 742,948,545 | 510,992,615 |
1967 | 761,006,267 | 521,987,066 |
1968 | 780,371,962 | 533,431,917 |
1969 | 801,430,969 | 545,314,679 |
1970 | 822,534,453 | 557,501,303 |
1971 | 843,285,425 | 569,999,181 |
1972 | 862,840,402 | 582,837,969 |
1973 | 881,652,084 | 596,107,487 |
1974 | 899,367,646 | 609,721,954 |
1975 | 915,124,664 | 623,524,225 |
1976 | 929,375,929 | 637,451,444 |
1977 | 942,581,333 | 651,685,632 |
1978 | 955,138,940 | 666,267,761 |
1979 | 968,298,969 | 681,248,379 |
1980 | 982,372,463 | 696,828,379 |
1981 | 997,259,502 | 712,869,300 |
1982 | 1,013,483,168 | 729,169,469 |
1983 | 1,029,226,907 | 745,826,550 |
1984 | 1,044,172,200 | 762,895,161 |
1985 | 1,060,239,983 | 780,242,087 |
1986 | 1,077,770,524 | 797,878,992 |
1987 | 1,096,851,842 | 815,716,128 |
1988 | 1,115,889,802 | 833,729,683 |
1989 | 1,134,414,721 | 852,012,670 |
1990 | 1,153,704,251 | 870,452,162 |
1991 | 1,170,626,176 | 888,941,763 |
1992 | 1,183,813,393 | 907,574,051 |
1993 | 1,195,855,556 | 926,351,289 |
1994 | 1,207,286,682 | 945,261,956 |
1995 | 1,218,144,429 | 964,279,137 |
1996 | 1,228,298,833 | 983,281,216 |
1997 | 1,237,801,449 | 1,002,335,231 |
1998 | 1,246,836,111 | 1,021,434,572 |
1999 | 1,255,433,237 | 1,040,500,049 |
2000 | 1,264,099,069 | 1,059,633,672 |
2001 | 1,272,739,587 | 1,078,970,908 |
2002 | 1,280,926,121 | 1,098,313,030 |
2003 | 1,288,873,365 | 1,117,415,122 |
2004 | 1,296,816,706 | 1,136,264,583 |
2005 | 1,304,887,557 | 1,154,638,717 |
2006 | 1,313,086,568 | 1,172,373,788 |
2007 | 1,321,513,227 | 1,189,691,814 |
2008 | 1,330,167,144 | 1,206,734,803 |
2009 | 1,339,125,592 | 1,223,640,160 |
2010 | 1,348,191,371 | 1,240,613,616 |
2011 | 1,357,095,485 | 1,257,621,190 |
2012 | 1,366,560,818 | 1,274,487,221 |
2013 | 1,376,100,301 | 1,291,132,067 |
2014 | 1,385,189,671 | 1,307,246,508 |
2015 | 1,393,715,448 | 1,322,866,506 |
2016 | 1,401,889,685 | 1,338,636,336 |
2017 | 1,410,275,956 | 1,354,195,684 |
2018 | 1,417,069,462 | 1,369,003,309 |
2019 | 1,421,864,032 | 1,383,112,049 |
2020 | 1,424,929,785 | 1,396,387,128 |
2021 | 1,425,893,463 | 1,407,563,841 |
2022 | 1,425,887,335 | 1,417,173,176 |
2023 | 1,425,671,353 | 1,428,627,666 |
2024 | 1,425,178,781 | 1,441,719,857 |
2025 | 1,424,381,923 | 1,454,606,728 |
2026 | 1,423,255,200 | 1,467,231,220 |
2027 | 1,421,809,061 | 1,479,578,524 |
2028 | 1,420,045,577 | 1,491,671,044 |
2029 | 1,417,974,640 | 1,503,470,599 |
2030 | 1,415,605,903 | 1,514,994,087 |
2031 | 1,412,946,006 | 1,526,208,895 |
2032 | 1,410,012,870 | 1,537,108,031 |
2033 | 1,406,810,382 | 1,547,689,840 |
2034 | 1,403,314,820 | 1,557,919,804 |
2035 | 1,399,547,502 | 1,567,802,259 |
2036 | 1,395,546,725 | 1,577,302,810 |
2037 | 1,391,338,419 | 1,586,438,626 |
2038 | 1,386,952,001 | 1,595,245,784 |
2039 | 1,382,367,126 | 1,603,664,860 |
2040 | 1,377,556,940 | 1,611,676,335 |
2041 | 1,372,522,392 | 1,619,318,358 |
2042 | 1,367,267,098 | 1,626,585,371 |
2043 | 1,361,737,253 | 1,633,430,527 |
2044 | 1,355,912,814 | 1,639,837,776 |
2045 | 1,349,756,905 | 1,645,863,188 |
2046 | 1,343,210,239 | 1,651,513,758 |
2047 | 1,336,262,905 | 1,656,777,044 |
2048 | 1,328,873,608 | 1,661,705,661 |
2049 | 1,321,004,204 | 1,666,284,988 |
2050 | 1,312,636,324 | 1,670,490,601 |
2051 | 1,303,756,602 | 1,674,343,637 |
2052 | 1,294,381,084 | 1,677,872,878 |
2053 | 1,284,539,872 | 1,681,073,177 |
2054 | 1,274,244,757 | 1,683,955,037 |
2055 | 1,263,512,556 | 1,686,563,352 |
2056 | 1,252,371,986 | 1,688,894,376 |
2057 | 1,240,879,994 | 1,690,942,710 |
2058 | 1,229,126,155 | 1,692,704,326 |
2059 | 1,217,157,937 | 1,694,150,262 |
2060 | 1,205,020,648 | 1,695,285,494 |
2061 | 1,192,805,228 | 1,696,121,515 |
2062 | 1,180,553,371 | 1,696,684,918 |
2063 | 1,168,316,255 | 1,696,976,688 |
2064 | 1,156,145,637 | 1,696,961,377 |
2065 | 1,144,050,918 | 1,696,634,190 |
2066 | 1,132,053,398 | 1,695,973,643 |
2067 | 1,120,182,121 | 1,694,997,001 |
2068 | 1,108,424,587 | 1,693,712,645 |
2069 | 1,096,787,133 | 1,692,129,035 |
2070 | 1,085,287,618 | 1,690,230,784 |
2071 | 1,073,902,390 | 1,687,990,288 |
2072 | 1,062,612,889 | 1,685,415,098 |
2073 | 1,051,380,906 | 1,682,564,511 |
2074 | 1,040,194,851 | 1,679,449,249 |
2075 | 1,029,035,603 | 1,676,034,859 |
2076 | 1,017,860,464 | 1,672,328,378 |
2077 | 1,006,663,152 | 1,668,352,088 |
2078 | 995,438,014 | 1,664,100,419 |
2079 | 984,185,395 | 1,659,592,784 |
2080 | 972,906,889 | 1,654,856,929 |
2081 | 961,612,987 | 1,649,862,775 |
2082 | 950,338,410 | 1,644,678,011 |
2083 | 939,100,117 | 1,639,364,769 |
2084 | 927,912,383 | 1,633,888,924 |
2085 | 916,808,804 | 1,628,242,630 |
2086 | 905,821,024 | 1,622,427,549 |
2087 | 894,960,259 | 1,616,451,908 |
2088 | 884,243,889 | 1,610,366,043 |
2089 | 873,694,704 | 1,604,195,815 |
2090 | 863,319,537 | 1,597,908,860 |
2091 | 853,111,768 | 1,591,484,817 |
2092 | 843,067,031 | 1,584,943,122 |
2093 | 833,162,187 | 1,578,296,210 |
2094 | 823,380,981 | 1,571,569,445 |
2095 | 813,718,728 | 1,564,797,337 |
2096 | 804,153,592 | 1,557,945,215 |
2097 | 794,673,485 | 1,551,000,312 |
2098 | 785,270,315 | 1,543,990,233 |
2099 | 775,944,429 | 1,536,933,456 |
2100 | 766,673,268 | 1,529,850,116 |
China’s baby boom lasted two decades. But by the late 1970s, the Chinese government implemented a one-child policy in an attempt to slow things down and control population growth, out of fear that China was becoming overpopulated.
The plan worked—according to China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission spokesman Mao Qunan, the government’s efforts ended up reducing the number of births over the years by roughly 400 million.
China’s Population is Aging Faster Than India’s
These days, China has one of the most rapidly aging populations in the world. By 2040, it’s expected that 28% of the country’s population will be over the age of 60.
In contrast, India’s population is relatively young—half of its population is under 30, and only an eighth is over 60.
Does this mean that India’s GDP will eventually outpace China’s? Not necessarily.
As quoted in an article published in Business Standard, Madan Sabnavis, Chief Economist of the Bank of Baroda says that India needs to increase its labor participation, as well as general access to education, in order to reap the benefits of its increasing working-age population.
As of 2022, India’s workforce participation rate sits at 46%, compared to China’s 68%. How will this change in the future?
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Demographics
Top 20 Countries Where Older People Are the Happiest
Advanced economies are the happiest countries for older people, likely due to their stronger social security systems.
Top 20 Countries Where Older People Are the Happiest
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The newest global happiness index doesn’t have any massive surprises from the ongoing trends of the last decade: Europe generally does the best, Africa is still finding its footing, and Asia and South America have vast rank disparities between constituent nations.
However, as the World Happiness Report notes, happiness levels differ across age groups, and countries’ overall ranks tend to obfuscate how the old and young feel separately. To counter this, the report also creates a happiness index by age.
We’ve visualized the top 20 happiest countries according to those aged above 60. For comparison, we have also included a country’s overall index rank.
Data and Takeaways
The top two countries where the seniors are most satisfied—Denmark and Finland—also happen to be the top two countries on the overall happiness index.
As a general trend, advanced economies make up the bulk of this top 20 list, likely due to their stronger social security systems and financial security. Relatedly, they also tend to do well when it comes to the best countries to retire in.
Country | Happiness Rank (Age 60+) | Overall Happiness Rank (All ages) | Rank Difference |
---|---|---|---|
🇩🇰 Denmark | 1 | 2 | -1 |
🇫🇮 Finland | 2 | 1 | +1 |
🇳🇴 Norway | 3 | 7 | -4 |
🇸🇪 Sweden | 4 | 4 | 0 |
🇮🇸 Iceland | 5 | 3 | +2 |
🇳🇿 New Zealand | 6 | 11 | -5 |
🇳🇱 Netherlands | 7 | 6 | +1 |
🇨🇦 Canada | 8 | 15 | -7 |
🇦🇺 Australia | 9 | 10 | -1 |
🇺🇸 U.S. | 10 | 23 | -13 |
🇦🇪 UAE | 11 | 22 | -11 |
🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 12 | 8 | +4 |
🇰🇼 Kuwait | 13 | 13 | 0 |
🇨🇭 Switzerland | 14 | 9 | +5 |
🇦🇹 Austria | 15 | 14 | +1 |
🇮🇪 Ireland | 16 | 17 | -1 |
🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 17 | 12 | +5 |
🇮🇱 Israel | 18 | 5 | +13 |
🇧🇪 Belgium | 19 | 16 | +3 |
🇬🇧 UK | 20 | 20 | 0 |
Norway, at third, has the first real discrepancy, with its elderly population ranking four places higher compared to its overall 7th place rank.
New Zealand (6th) and Canada (8th) also have gaps with their overall ranks: indicating that the older generation is happier than other generations within the country.
But for the U.S., (10th) and the UAE (11th), this rank discrepancy is in the double-digits.
In fact, when ranking only by those aged below 30, the U.S. ranks outside of the top 50, indicating that its younger residents are significantly unhappier than their older counterparts.
This is an interesting phenomenon mirrored in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. According to the report, as recently as a decade ago, the younger generation in these countries were about as happy as those aged over 60.
“In the West, the received wisdom was that the young are the happiest and that happiness thereafter declines until middle age, followed by substantial recovery.” –- World Happiness Report.
For other countries like Costa Rica (17) and Israel (18), this pattern reverses. Their overall rank is higher than their rank for older populations, indicating that the young are happier.
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