Demographics
Mapped: The Population of India’s States Compared with Countries
The Population of India’s States Compared with Countries
In a world with eight billion people, even the numbers of the largest population centers like China and India can start to lose their impact.
The visualization above looks to give people a different frame of reference to think about the country’s massive population figures.
The Population Breakdown
Similar to other big countries, the gap between India’s largest and smallest states is quite wide.
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous country subdivision in the world at 232 million people, while Sikkim, in the northeast of the country, is the least populated state in India (0.7 million).
Here are India’s 28 states and 8 union territories compared to other countries and territories with comparable sizes:
State | Population (2022) | Country | Population (2022) |
---|---|---|---|
Uttar Pradesh | 232M | 🇧🇷 Brazil + 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 234M |
Bihar | 129M | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 132M |
Maharashtra | 125M | 🇯🇵 Japan | 126M |
West Bengal | 101M | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 107M |
Madhya Pradesh | 85M | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 87M |
Tamil Nadu | 84M | 🇩🇪 Germany | 84M |
Rajasthan | 80M | 🇺🇦 Ukraine + 🇵🇱 Poland | 81M |
Gujarat | 70M | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 70M |
Karnataka | 70M | 🇬🇧 UK | 69M |
Andhra Pradesh | 54M | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 55M |
Odisha | 47M | 🇪🇸 Spain | 47M |
Jharkhand | 40M | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 42M |
Telangana | 38M | 🇲🇾 Malaysia + 🇸🇬 Singapore | 39M |
Assam | 36M | 🇨🇦 Canada | 39M |
Kerala | 35M | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 36M |
Chhattisgarh | 32M | 🇵🇪 Peru | 34M |
Punjab | 31M | 🇦🇺 Australia + 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 31M |
Haryana | 29M | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 28M |
Delhi | 19M | 🇷🇴 Romania | 19M |
Jammu and Kashmir | 15M | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 15M |
Uttarakhand | 12M | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 12M |
Himachal Pradesh | 7.5M | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | 7.6M |
Tripura | 4.2M | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 4.0M |
Meghalaya | 3.8M | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 3.7M |
Manipur | 3.4M | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 3.5M |
Nagaland | 2.1M | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 2.1M |
Puducherry | 1.6M | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1.8M |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1.7M | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 1.8M |
Goa | 1.5M | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 1.5M |
Mizoram | 1.3M | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 1.3M |
Chandigarh | 1.2M | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1.3M |
Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | 0.8M | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 0.8M |
Sikkim | 0.7M | 🇲🇴 Macao | 0.7M |
Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 0.4M | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 0.4M |
Lakshadweep | 0.07M | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 0.07M |
Hypothetically, if India’s states were to all became countries today, they would take up half the spots in a ranking of the world’s top 20 most populous countries.
A number of Indian states match up evenly against some very large countries, including Maharashtra (Japan), West Bengal (Egypt), and Tamil Nadu (Germany). Of course, the largest is Uttar Pradesh (Brazil+Chile), which also happens to measure up to neighboring Pakistan.
For people living in countries such as Canada or Australia, it may be humbling to know that these countries are equal to a smallish Indian state.
The Big Get Bigger
According to United Nations projections, India is on track to become the most populous country in the world in 2023.
The population of India’s growth is fueled by several factors, including declining mortality rates, increased life expectancy, and high birth rates. While India’s population growth has slowed in recent years due to factors such as urbanization and increasing access to contraception, the country’s population is still expected to continue growing at a significant rate for the foreseeable future.
Where does this data come from?
Source: Population projections for India are from indiacensus.net. Population figures for comparison countries are from the UN’s World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision (medium-fertility variant), accessed via Worldometers‘ live tracker. All population figures shown are 2022 projections.
Data note: Because there are only so many countries, the populations of comparison countries may not perfectly match that of the various Indian states and union territories. Numbers are rounded.
Map note: A number of borders and regions in India are disputed with other countries. Our depiction of borders is a good faith, apolitical attempt at reflecting the “de facto” situation in each region.
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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