Delhi, India Metro Area Population 1950-2023
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Delhi, India metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Delhi in 2023 is 32,941,000, a 2.73% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2022 was 32,066,000, a 2.84% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2021 was 31,181,000, a 2.94% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2020 was 30,291,000, a 3.03% increase from 2019.
Other Cities in India |
City Name |
Population |
Delhi |
32,941,000 |
Mumbai |
21,297,000 |
Calcutta |
15,333,000 |
Bangalore |
13,608,000 |
Madras |
11,776,000 |
Hyderabad |
10,801,000 |
Ahmadabad |
8,651,000 |
Surat |
8,065,000 |
Poona |
7,166,000 |
Jaipur |
4,207,000 |
Calicut |
4,089,000 |
Malappuram |
4,009,000 |
Lucknow |
3,945,000 |
Thrissur |
3,482,000 |
Cochin |
3,406,000 |
Indore |
3,302,000 |
Kanpur |
3,234,000 |
Nagpur |
3,047,000 |
Coimbatore |
3,009,000 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
2,891,000 |
Patna |
2,580,000 |
Bhopal |
2,565,000 |
Agra |
2,368,000 |
Kannur |
2,346,000 |
Visakhapatnam |
2,331,000 |
Vadodara |
2,324,000 |
Nashik |
2,237,000 |
Vijayawada |
2,230,000 |
Kollam |
2,107,000 |
Rajkot |
2,043,000 |
Ludhiana |
1,951,000 |
Madurai |
1,834,000 |
Raipur |
1,817,000 |
Meerut |
1,798,000 |
Benares |
1,754,000 |
Srinagar |
1,698,000 |
Jamshedpur |
1,695,000 |
Aurangabad |
1,683,000 |
Tiruppur |
1,677,000 |
Jodhpur |
1,587,000 |
Ranchi |
1,547,000 |
Jabalpur |
1,522,000 |
Kota |
1,517,000 |
Asansol |
1,505,000 |
Gwalior |
1,475,000 |
Allahabad |
1,465,000 |
Amritsar |
1,452,000 |
Dhanbad |
1,390,000 |
Bareilly |
1,349,000 |
Aligarh |
1,312,000 |
Moradabad |
1,302,000 |
Mysore |
1,288,000 |
Durg-Bhilainagar |
1,266,000 |
Bhubaneswar |
1,258,000 |
Tiruchirappalli |
1,222,000 |
Chandigarh |
1,215,000 |
Hubli-Dharwad |
1,181,000 |
Gauhati |
1,176,000 |
Saharanpur |
1,172,000 |
Salem |
1,170,000 |
Siliguri |
1,126,000 |
Jalandhar |
1,119,000 |
Solapur |
1,070,000 |
Warangal |
1,031,000 |
Dehradun |
992,000 |
Guntur |
918,000 |
Bhiwandi |
907,000 |
Puducherry |
898,000 |
Firozabad |
894,000 |
Cherthala |
870,000 |
Bikaner |
819,000 |
Kottayam |
819,000 |
Nellore |
816,000 |
Amravati |
793,000 |
Muzaffarnagar |
791,000 |
Gorakhpur |
788,000 |
Kayamkulam |
786,000 |
Cuttack |
776,000 |
Belgaum |
767,000 |
Malegaon |
765,000 |
Tirupati |
753,000 |
Mangalore |
749,000 |
Nanded Waghala |
739,000 |
Bhavnagar |
737,000 |
Jammu |
727,000 |
Kurnool |
726,000 |
Gulbarga |
719,000 |
Durgapur |
712,000 |
Jhansi |
679,000 |
Erode |
676,000 |
Jamnagar |
668,000 |
Bokaro Steel City |
663,000 |
Raurkela |
652,000 |
Patiala |
651,000 |
Bilaspur |
650,000 |
Kolhapur |
645,000 |
Ujjain |
642,000 |
Ajmer |
641,000 |
Mathura |
634,000 |
Agartala |
634,000 |
Imphal |
629,000 |
Sangli |
612,000 |
Tuticorin |
611,000 |
Udaipur |
604,000 |
Jalgaon |
602,000 |
Vellore |
601,000 |
Gaya |
598,000 |
Hosur |
593,000 |
Tirunelveli |
593,000 |
Panipat |
585,000 |
Rajahmundry |
571,000 |
Bellary |
559,000 |
Begusarai |
544,000 |
Kakinada |
542,000 |
Davanagere |
541,000 |
Muzaffarpur |
541,000 |
Purnia |
533,000 |
Latur |
513,000 |
Bhagalpur |
505,000 |
Rohtak |
499,000 |
Shillong |
496,000 |
Anantapur |
486,000 |
Bhilwara |
485,000 |
Kadapa |
477,000 |
Yamunanagar |
476,000 |
Raniganj |
473,000 |
Akola |
466,000 |
English Bazar |
465,000 |
Hardwar |
464,000 |
Sagar |
462,000 |
Alwar |
460,000 |
Rampur |
453,000 |
Dhulian |
447,000 |
Bijapur |
444,000 |
Baharampur |
442,000 |
Barddhaman |
439,000 |
Korba |
439,000 |
Gandhidham |
438,000 |
Karnal |
437,000 |
Ottappalam |
436,000 |
Brahmapur |
429,000 |
Karimnagar |
429,000 |
Dhule |
426,000 |
Junagadh |
425,000 |
Dindigul |
418,000 |
Ahmadnagar |
418,000 |
Anand |
400,000 |
Bihar Sharif |
400,000 |
Deoghar |
400,000 |
Bathinda |
396,000 |
Aizawl |
396,000 |
Shimoga |
395,000 |
Santipur |
394,000 |
Palakkad |
393,000 |
Roorkee |
392,000 |
Ranipet |
387,000 |
Shahjahanpur |
387,000 |
Maunath Bhanjan |
385,000 |
Ichalkaranji |
384,000 |
Karur |
383,000 |
Tumkur |
383,000 |
Dewas |
379,000 |
Parbhani |
379,000 |
Morvi |
378,000 |
Kanhangad |
377,000 |
Hisar |
372,000 |
Darbhanga |
368,000 |
Habra |
367,000 |
Chandrapur |
366,000 |
Khammam |
365,000 |
Satna |
365,000 |
Farrukhabad |
364,000 |
Haldwani-cum-kathgodam |
361,000 |
Jalna |
361,000 |
Navsari |
359,000 |
Thanjavur |
355,000 |
Arrah |
353,000 |
Nizamabad |
345,000 |
Hapur |
341,000 |
Kharagpur |
340,000 |
Ratlam |
333,000 |
Delhi - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
2023 |
32,941,000 |
2.73% |
2022 |
32,066,000 |
2.84% |
2021 |
31,181,000 |
2.94% |
2020 |
30,291,000 |
3.03% |
2019 |
29,399,000 |
3.10% |
2018 |
28,514,000 |
3.30% |
2017 |
27,602,000 |
3.30% |
2016 |
26,720,000 |
3.30% |
2015 |
25,866,000 |
3.30% |
2014 |
25,039,000 |
3.30% |
2013 |
24,239,000 |
3.30% |
2012 |
23,464,000 |
3.30% |
2011 |
22,714,000 |
3.30% |
2010 |
21,988,000 |
3.30% |
2009 |
21,285,000 |
3.30% |
2008 |
20,606,000 |
3.31% |
2007 |
19,946,000 |
3.30% |
2006 |
19,309,000 |
3.31% |
2005 |
18,691,000 |
3.29% |
2004 |
18,095,000 |
3.31% |
2003 |
17,516,000 |
3.30% |
2002 |
16,956,000 |
3.30% |
2001 |
16,414,000 |
4.60% |
2000 |
15,692,000 |
5.27% |
1999 |
14,906,000 |
5.27% |
1998 |
14,160,000 |
5.27% |
1997 |
13,451,000 |
5.26% |
1996 |
12,779,000 |
5.28% |
1995 |
12,138,000 |
5.26% |
1994 |
11,531,000 |
5.27% |
1993 |
10,954,000 |
5.27% |
1992 |
10,406,000 |
5.27% |
1991 |
9,885,000 |
5.34% |
1990 |
9,384,000 |
5.37% |
1989 |
8,906,000 |
5.36% |
1988 |
8,453,000 |
5.37% |
1987 |
8,022,000 |
5.36% |
1986 |
7,614,000 |
5.37% |
1985 |
7,226,000 |
5.37% |
1984 |
6,858,000 |
5.38% |
1983 |
6,508,000 |
5.36% |
1982 |
6,177,000 |
5.37% |
1981 |
5,862,000 |
4.92% |
1980 |
5,587,000 |
4.72% |
1979 |
5,335,000 |
4.71% |
1978 |
5,095,000 |
4.73% |
1977 |
4,865,000 |
4.71% |
1976 |
4,646,000 |
4.73% |
1975 |
4,436,000 |
4.72% |
1974 |
4,236,000 |
4.70% |
1973 |
4,046,000 |
4.71% |
1972 |
3,864,000 |
4.74% |
1971 |
3,689,000 |
4.47% |
1970 |
3,531,000 |
4.44% |
1969 |
3,381,000 |
4.38% |
1968 |
3,239,000 |
4.42% |
1967 |
3,102,000 |
4.41% |
1966 |
2,971,000 |
4.43% |
1965 |
2,845,000 |
4.40% |
1964 |
2,725,000 |
4.41% |
1963 |
2,610,000 |
4.44% |
1962 |
2,499,000 |
4.39% |
1961 |
2,394,000 |
4.86% |
1960 |
2,283,000 |
5.11% |
1959 |
2,172,000 |
5.08% |
1958 |
2,067,000 |
5.08% |
1957 |
1,967,000 |
5.07% |
1956 |
1,872,000 |
5.05% |
1955 |
1,782,000 |
5.13% |
1954 |
1,695,000 |
5.08% |
1953 |
1,613,000 |
5.01% |
1952 |
1,536,000 |
5.13% |
1951 |
1,461,000 |
6.72% |
1950 |
1,369,000 |
0.00% |