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Featured comparison: India vs China, 2026
India
- Population
- 1.48 billion
- Median age
- 29.2
- Growth 2025–2026
- +0.87%
- Sex ratio
- 106.4 M/100F
China
- Population
- 1.41 billion
- Median age
- 40.6
- Growth 2025–2026
- -0.22%
- Sex ratio
- 103.6 M/100F
By the UN's current estimates (World Population Prospects 2024), India passed China in mid-2022. China had the largest population in every year from 1950, when UN estimates begin, until then. The UN had first dated the change to April 2023, based on its 2022 revision.
Together they hold 34.8% of the world’s people in 2026.
Age structure, 2026
| Age Group | India | China | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 23.8% | 14.8% | +9.0pp |
| 15–64 | 68.6% | 70.1% | -1.5pp |
| 65 and over | 7.6% | 15.1% | -7.5pp |
