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🇮🇳 India vs 🇺🇸 United States

India has 1.12B more people — 1,463,865,525 against 341,784,857. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇮🇳 India
1,463,865,525
Asia · rank #1 · +0.89%
World Bank, 2025
🇺🇸 United States
341,784,857
North America · rank #3 · +0.52%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorIndiaUnited States
Population1,463,865,5251st of 240341,784,8573rd of 240
Annual Growth Rate+0.89%116th of 240+0.52%143rd of 240
Population Density/km²484/km²28th of 24037/km²180th of 240
Land Areakm²2,973,190 km²7th of 2409,147,420 km²3rd of 240
Urban Population35.7%200th of 24080.2%65th of 240
GDP per Capita$2,702191st of 240$90,02712th of 240
GDP Growth+7.6%16th of 210+2.2%136th of 210
Life Expectancyyears72.2 years157th of 24078.9 years75th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman1.96 births per woman113th of 2401.63 births per woman148th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00016.0 per 1,00095th of 21310.6 per 1,000143rd of 213
Death Rateper 1,0006.6 per 1,000133rd of 2139.0 per 1,00060th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births23.3 per 1,000 live births61st of 1945.5 per 1,000 live births141st of 194
Unemployment Rate4.2%116th of 1864.2%117th of 186
Inflation Rate2.4%112th of 1913.0%96th of 191
Poverty Rate21.9%77th of 16411.4%141st of 164
Gini Index25.5166th of 17041.836th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP3.3% of GDP170th of 19216.7% of GDP3rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0000.72 per 1,000141st of 2063.68 per 1,00039th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.59 per 1,000132nd of 1992.68 per 1,00084th of 199
Literacy Rate78.2%129th of 17599.0%29th of 175
Education Spendingof GDP4.1% of GDP102nd of 2025.4% of GDP43rd of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary79.6% gross, secondary141st of 20797.5% gross, secondary74th of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption34.9% of final consumption69th of 21110.9% of final consumption142nd of 211
Forest Coverageof land area24.5% of land area118th of 21133.9% of land area95th of 211
Internet Penetration70.0%132nd of 21194.7%31st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people79.4 per 100 people167th of 212113.2 per 100 people110th of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births80 per 100,000 live births73rd of 19317 per 100,000 live births127th of 193
Military Spendingof GDP2.27% of GDP53rd of 1633.42% of GDP24th of 163
Protected Areasof land area7.7% of land area167th of 21112.9% of land area140th of 211
Median Ageyears28.8 years147th of 24038.5 years79th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears7.8 years106th of 14813.3 years4th of 148
Human Development Index0.685129th of 1920.93817th of 192
Happiness Index/ 104.54/ 10124th of 1646.82/ 1023rd of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita2.20 tonnes per capita128th of 21214.20 tonnes per capita12th of 212
Obesity Rate8.0%180th of 19841.8%18th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

IndiaUnited States
0200M400M600M800M1B1.2B1.4B1.6B19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
India and United States population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
India1950346.3M
India1975611.3M
India20001.06B
India20251.46B
India20501.68B
India20751.67B
India21001.51B
United States1950154.2M
United States1975219.1M
United States2000281.5M
United States2025347.3M
United States2050380.8M
United States2075402.9M
United States2100421.3M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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