India to have 2.9 million more people than China by mid-2023, UN estimate shows

India’s population is estimated at 1,428.6 million, or 1.4286 billion, against 1.4257 billion for China in the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) "State of World Population Report" this year. India's annual population growth has averaged 1.2% since 2011, down from 1.7% in the previous decade, government data shows. India had done many things right in tackling population growth, said Poonam Muttreja, an official of the voluntary group Population Foundation of India. India's annual population growth has averaged 1.2% since 2011, down from 1.7% in the previous decade, government data shows. India had done many things right in tackling population growth, said Poonam Muttreja, an official of the voluntary group Population Foundation of India.