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As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely populated areas of the world.
Under the reign of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605) in 1600, the Mughal Empire's urban population was up to 17 million people, larger than the urban population in Europe. [52] By 1700, Mughal India had an urban population of 23 million people, larger than British India's urban population of 22.3 million in 1871. [53]
The 2025 census of India, or the 16th Indian census, is to be conducted in two phases, a house listing phase and a population enumeration phase.Although initially the house listing was to begin in April 2020 along with the updating of the National Population Register, and the population enumeration on 9 February 2021, [1] they have been continuously postponed.
500 million 1933 1966 2065 (est.) 2091 (est.) 600 million 1954 1974 2074 (est.) 700 million 1964 1981 2086 (est.) 750 million 1967 1984 2094 (est.) 800 million 1969 1987 2101 (est.) 900 million 1974 1992 2114 (est.) 1 billion 1981 1997 2129 (est.) 1.1 billion 1988 2002 - 1.2 billion 1995 2008 - 1.3 billion 2003 2014 - 1.4 billion 2017 2022 -
The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million) [1]). The cities listed in bold are the capitals of the respective state or union territory and New Delhi, the capital of India.
Population of the present-day top seven most-populous countries, 1800 to 2100. Future projections are based on the 2024 UN's medium-fertility scenario. Chart created by Our World In Data in 2024. The following is a list of countries by past and projected future population. This assumes that countries stay constant in the unforeseeable future ...
Asteroid 2024 YR4 currently has a 2.6 per cent chance of ... The urban area of these cities alone have a combined population of more than 110 million, with the destructive potential of Asteroid ...
In the decade of 1991–2001, migration to major cities caused a rapid increase in urban population. [8] [9] On the basis of net migrants by last residence during the past decade, Maharashtra had the most immigration with 2.3 million, followed by the National Capital Territory of Delhi (1.7 million), Gujarat (0.68 million) and Haryana (0.67 ...