Population / natural change
Where populations grow, and where they recede.
A comparative view of births and deaths. Select a country to see its natural change; the chart shows population scale, not migration.
Population by country
millions · estimates
Country profile
India
+8.9 per 1,000 people · growing
- Birth rate
- 16.2‰
- Death rate
- 7.3‰
- Population
- 1442m
- Birth share
- 69%
- Boy births
- 8.3‰
- Girl births
- 7.9‰
- Sex ratio at birth
- 1.06 boys per girl
Natural change by country
boys · girls · births / deaths · netIllustrative estimates informed by UN World Population Prospects 2024 projections; 2025–2026 values are modeled estimates for visualization. Natural change excludes migration; rates are births and deaths per 1,000 people. Boy and girl columns model a consistent 1.06 boys-to-girls ratio at birth.