India vs Spain: World population growth
India
-0.5%
in 2100
Spain
-0.5%
in 2100
India rank
155th
Spain rank
157th
World population growth over time
- India
- Spain
How they compare
India currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in Spain, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 163 shared years of data; in 1700 it was India ahead.
India ranks 155th and Spain ranks 157th of 239 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, India averaged higher in 17 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.3% | India |
| 1800s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1920s | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 1930s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | India |
| 1940s | -0.1% | 0.9% | 1.0% | Spain |
| 1950s | 2.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% | India |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% | India |
| 1970s | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.3% | India |
| 1980s | 2.3% | 0.4% | 1.9% | India |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | India |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.3% | India |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.2% | 1.0% | India |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | India |
| 2030s | 0.6% | -0.2% | 0.8% | India |
| 2040s | 0.4% | -0.4% | 0.7% | India |
| 2050s | 0.1% | -0.6% | 0.7% | India |
| 2060s | -0.1% | -0.8% | 0.7% | India |
| 2070s | -0.3% | -0.7% | 0.4% | India |
| 2080s | -0.4% | -0.5% | 0.1% | India |
| 2090s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 2100s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher world population growth, India or Spain?
- India, at -0.5% against -0.5% in Spain as of 2100.
- What is the difference in world population growth between India and Spain?
- 0.0%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Spain?
- 163 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2100.
- How do India and Spain rank globally for world population growth?
- India ranks 155th and Spain ranks 157th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as World population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.