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Population Growth (Annual %) for India, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.89%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -63.0% since 1961
Population growth for India was 0.89% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 2.40% in 1961. The lowest was 0.79% in 2022 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.54% per year.
India ranks 109 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for South Asia is 0.65%, so India sits above it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 63% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.89%
First (1961)
2.40%
Change
-63.0%
Highest
2.40%
in 1961
Lowest
0.79%
in 2022
Average
1.86%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.54%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.89% |
| 2024 | 0.89% |
| 2023 | 0.88% |
| 2022 | 0.79% |
| 2021 | 0.82% |
| 2020 | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 1.04% |
| 2018 | 1.1% |
| 2017 | 1.16% |
| 2016 | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 1.26% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.