India - Population growth rate

0.7 (%) in 2022

In 2022, population growth rate for India was 0.7 %. Population growth rate of India fell gradually from 2.3 % in 1973 to 0.7 % in 2022.

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Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin.