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India

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
1,463,865,525 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 1,326,093,247in July 2020[4]
Land area
2,973,190 km²[5]
Total area
3,287,263 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land borders
People's Republic of China, Siachen Glacier, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan[11]
Coast
Yes[11]
Continent
Official names
  • भारत गणराज्य[12]
  • Republic of India[13]

Parts of India

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Through time

Population over time[3]
196020251.5B

435,990,338 in 1960, 1,463,865,525 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
1960435,990,338
1961446,564,729
1962457,283,090
1963468,138,575
1964479,229,598
1965490,140,146
1966500,740,247
1967511,606,372
1968522,716,889
1969533,880,544
1970545,864,268
1971558,096,387
1972570,482,142
1973583,465,598
1974597,041,391
1975611,309,535
1976625,861,883
1977640,801,103
1978655,728,229
1979671,155,747
1980687,354,025
1981703,696,250
1982720,313,473
1983737,372,681
1984754,875,449
1985772,647,793
1986790,689,978
1987808,931,270
1988827,342,990
1989846,039,529
1990864,972,221
1991883,927,600
1992902,957,070
1993922,118,387
1994941,163,767
1995960,301,044
1996979,678,458
1997999,133,762
19981,018,665,080
19991,038,225,823
20001,057,922,733
20011,077,898,575
20021,097,600,380
20031,116,803,006
20041,135,991,513
20051,154,676,322
20061,172,878,890
20071,190,676,021
20081,207,930,964
20091,225,524,753
20101,243,481,564
20111,261,224,954
20121,278,674,502
20131,295,829,511
20141,312,277,191
20151,328,024,498
20161,343,944,296
20171,359,657,400
20181,374,659,064
20191,389,030,312
20201,402,617,695
20211,414,203,896
20221,425,423,212
20231,438,069,596
20241,450,935,791
20251,463,865,525

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
IN[14]
ISO alpha-3
IND[15]
ISO numeric
356[16]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: India (Q668), capital: New Delhi (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: India (Q668), population (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: India (Q668), area (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: India (Q668), official language: Hindi (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Part XVII of the Constitution of India
    • Cites: Official Languages Act, 1963
  8. Wikidata: India (Q668), official language: English (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
    • Cites: Part XVII of the Constitution of India
    • Cites: Official Languages Act, 1963
  9. Wikidata: India (Q668), currency: Indian rupee (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: India (Q668), continent: Asia (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  12. Wikidata: India (Q668), official name (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Wikidata: India (Q668), official name (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  14. Wikidata: India (Q668), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: India (Q668), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  16. Wikidata: India (Q668), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563722390) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

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