The Indian Sub Continent



India is a union of 29 states and 7 union territories.
As of the 2011 census, it has an estimated population of 1.21 billion.
India is the world's second most populous country after the People's Republic of China.
The sub-continent occupies 2.4% of the world's land surface area and is home to 17.5 percent of Earth's population.




State

Population

Closest Comparable Country (Population)

1


199,581,477

Brazil

2


112,372,972

Mexico

3


103,804,637

Philippines

4


91,347,736

Vietnam

5

72,597,565

Turkey

6


72,138,958

Turkey

7


68,621,012

Thailand

8


61,130,704

Italy

9


60,383,628

Italy

10

49,386,799

South Korea

11


41,947,358

Argentina

12


35,286,757

Canada

13


33,387,677

Morocco

14


32,966,238

Iraq

15


31,169,272

Peru

16


27,704,236

Venezuela

17


25,540,196

Ghana

18


25,353,081

Ghana

19

12,548,926

Cuba

20


10,116,752

Guinea

21

6,856,509

Hong Kong





22


3,671,032

Congo

23


2,964,007

Mongolia

24

Manipur (i)

2,721,756

Jamaica

25


1,980,602

Latvia

26


1,457,723
Guinea Bisau

27
Pradesh

1,382,611

Swaziland

28


1,091,014

Timor Leste

29


607,688

Macau

NCT



16,753,235

Chile


Union
Territories
Population
Closest Comparable Country (Population)

UT1


1,244,464

Mauritius

UT2


1,054,686

Estonia

UT3

379,944

Luxembourg

UT4

342,853
The Bahamas

UT5

242,911

Vanuatu

UT6


64,429

Dominica

Total


India

1,210,193,422

China

NCT = National Capital Territory of Delhi.
(i) = Excludes Mao-Maram, Paomata, and Purul sub-divisions of Senapati district of Manipur.