India vs Indonesia: Has the population peaked?

India

1.44 billion people

in 2023

Indonesia

281.19 million people

in 2023

India rank

1st

Indonesia rank

4th

Has the population peaked? over time

India currently reports 1.44 billion people against 281.19 million people in Indonesia, a difference of 1.16 billion people.

That makes India's figure about 5.1 times Indonesia's.

Across all 74 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

India ranks 1st and Indonesia ranks 4th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Has the population peaked?
Unit: people
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown.