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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Economy
G7 vs. the World: GDP, Population, and Military Strength
We visualize the G7’s global influence in 2025, across global GDP, population, and military spending data.

G7 vs. the World: GDP, Population, and Military Strength
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Key Takeaways
- G7 countries represent 28.4% of global GDP (PPP) today, down from about 50% in the 1980s
- The G7 accounts for only 9.6% of the world’s population and nearly half (49.3%) of military spending
- The G7 punches above its weight in terms of military spending, thanks to the U.S.
The G7—comprising the United States, Japan, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Canada—wields considerable global influence, despite its declining share of the global economy and population.
In this infographic, we visualize the G7’s global influence in 2025 based on global GDP, population, and military spending data.
Data & Discussion
The data for this visualization was sourced from the UN World Population Prospects 2024, the IMF, and Our World in Data.
Country | GDP (PPP) (%) | Population (%) | Military Spending (%) |
---|---|---|---|
🇺🇸 United States | 14.7 | 4.2 | 36.2 |
🇯🇵 Japan | 3.3 | 1.5 | 2.2 |
🇩🇪 Germany | 3 | 1 | 3.2 |
🇫🇷 France | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 2.2 | 0.8 | 2.9 |
🇮🇹 Italy | 1.8 | 0.7 | 1.4 |
🇨🇦 Canada | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.1 |
G7 Total | 28.4 | 9.6 | 49.3 |
Rest of World | 71.6 | 90.4 | 50.7 |
📉 The G7’s Shrinking Economic Might
The G7’s share of global GDP (PPP) in 2025 is projected at 28.4%, which is a sharp drop from its pre-2000s value.
GDP at Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) measures the value of goods and services produced in a country, adjusted for differences in cost of living and inflation.
The G7’s decline reflects shifts in global economic power towards Asia and other developing regions. The group’s largest economy is the U.S., which accounts for more than the rest of the group combined (14.7% vs 13.8%).
🌍 Modest Population Representation
Despite its 28.4% share of the world economy, the G7 represents only 9.6% of the population, at around 783 million people. Advanced economies like those in the G7 have low fertility rates and aging populations, meaning their share of global population will continue to fall.
Interestingly, these demographic challenges are now affecting China as well, whose population peaked in 2021 and is beginning a long-term decline.
🛡️ Concentrated Military Spending
Where the G7 has the most global influence is in defense, with G7 countries collectively accounting for 49.3% of global military spending ($1.3 trillion).
The U.S. alone makes up 36.2% , dwarfing the next top countries as we’ve shown in this recent graphic. Together, G7 nations play a central role in NATO, global arms exports, and military alliances shaping international security.
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