Is India's population growth slowing?
Annual population growth rate for India.
Source: World Bank Indicators API · indicator SP.POP.GROW Fetched 3/6/2026
At a glance
0.9%
latest value, 2024
2.4%
first value, 1961
64
annual observations in this artifact
annual
source frequency
The explanation Draft prose wraps locked source numbers; no numbers are generated at request time
India is still adding people, but the annual growth rate has slowed sharply from earlier decades.
India is still adding people, but the annual growth rate has slowed sharply from earlier decades.
Annual population growth rate for India.
Read this as one piece of evidence, not the whole story. The useful question is what changes over time, what stays stuck, and what the indicator leaves out.
Keep pulling the thread
How many people live in India? -> How fast is India's fertility falling? -> What share of Indians are children? ->Methodology
MeasurePopulation growth
GeographyIndia
Unitannual %
TransformValues displayed as annual percent growth.
CaveatGrowth rate is not the same as absolute population added.