World Population Prospects 2024 India. How many people are alive today? Last month, the world body, in its ‘the world population prospects 2024’ report, noted that, india's population 'will have peaked in the early 2060s at about 1.7 billion (170 crore).

India’s population is projected to reach 152.2 crore by 2036, with a sex ratio of 952 women per 1000 men. According to the report, india’s population in 2024 is projected at 1.45 billion and this will peak to 1.69 billion in 2054.