India is a union consisting of 28 states and 8 union territories. [1] As of 2024, with an estimated population of 1.484 billion, India is the world's most populous country. India occupies 2.4% of the world's area and is home to 17.5% of the world's population. [2] The Indo-Gangetic Plain has one of the world's biggest stretches of fertile not-deep alluvium and are among the most densely Demographics of India India is the most populous country in the world, with one-sixth of the world's population. [13][14][15][16] Between 1975 and 2010, the population doubled to 1.2 billion, reaching the billion mark in 2000. List of states in India by past population Population density map of India. India is a union of twenty-eight states and eight union territories. [1] As of 2011, with an estimated population of 1.210 billion, India occupies 2.4 percent of the world's land surface area but is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population. [2] This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India. As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area is defined as an area having a population of 10 lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts, and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by a public notification to be a Metropolitan area. [1][2] India is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most populous country with over 1.4 billion people. India consists of twenty-eight states and nine union territories. [1] It is home to 17.5 percent of the world's population. [2] The first population census in British India was conducted in 1872. List of cities in India by population This is a list of the most populous cities in India. Cities are a type of sub-administrative unit and are defined by the Ministry of Home Affairs. In some cases, cities are bifurcated into municipalities, which can lead to cities being included within other cities. List of continents and continental subregions by

population This is a list of continental landmasses, continents, and continental subregions by population. For statistical convenience, the populations of continental landmasses also include the populations of their associated islands. India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories — a total of 36 subnational entities, or a total of 37 jurisdictions if one adds the nation itself. [1] The states and union territories in turn have each been further subdivided, into a total of 800 districts and smaller administrative divisions nationally, by the government of the relevant jurisdiction. [2]