Shillong, India Metro Area Population 1950-2023
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Shillong, India metro area from 1950 to 2023. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Shillong in 2023 is 496,000, a 2.48% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Shillong in 2022 was 484,000, a 2.54% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Shillong in 2021 was 472,000, a 2.61% increase from 2020.
- The metro area population of Shillong in 2020 was 460,000, a 2.68% 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 |
| Agartala |
634,000 |
| Mathura |
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 |
| Ahmadnagar |
418,000 |
| Dindigul |
418,000 |
| Anand |
400,000 |
| Bihar Sharif |
400,000 |
| Deoghar |
400,000 |
| Aizawl |
396,000 |
| Bathinda |
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 |
|
Shillong - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2023 |
496,000 |
2.48% |
| 2022 |
484,000 |
2.54% |
| 2021 |
472,000 |
2.61% |
| 2020 |
460,000 |
2.68% |
| 2019 |
448,000 |
2.75% |
| 2018 |
436,000 |
2.83% |
| 2017 |
424,000 |
2.91% |
| 2016 |
412,000 |
2.74% |
| 2015 |
401,000 |
2.82% |
| 2014 |
390,000 |
2.90% |
| 2013 |
379,000 |
2.99% |
| 2012 |
368,000 |
2.79% |
| 2011 |
358,000 |
2.87% |
| 2010 |
348,000 |
2.96% |
| 2009 |
338,000 |
2.74% |
| 2008 |
329,000 |
2.81% |
| 2007 |
320,000 |
2.89% |
| 2006 |
311,000 |
2.98% |
| 2005 |
302,000 |
2.72% |
| 2004 |
294,000 |
2.80% |
| 2003 |
286,000 |
2.88% |
| 2002 |
278,000 |
2.96% |
| 2001 |
270,000 |
2.27% |
| 2000 |
264,000 |
1.54% |
| 1999 |
260,000 |
1.96% |
| 1998 |
255,000 |
2.00% |
| 1997 |
250,000 |
1.63% |
| 1996 |
246,000 |
1.65% |
| 1995 |
242,000 |
2.11% |
| 1994 |
237,000 |
1.72% |
| 1993 |
233,000 |
1.75% |
| 1992 |
229,000 |
1.78% |
| 1991 |
225,000 |
2.27% |
| 1990 |
220,000 |
2.80% |
| 1989 |
214,000 |
2.39% |
| 1988 |
209,000 |
2.45% |
| 1987 |
204,000 |
2.51% |
| 1986 |
199,000 |
2.58% |
| 1985 |
194,000 |
2.11% |
| 1984 |
190,000 |
2.70% |
| 1983 |
185,000 |
2.21% |
| 1982 |
181,000 |
2.84% |
| 1981 |
176,000 |
2.92% |
| 1980 |
171,000 |
3.64% |
| 1979 |
165,000 |
3.77% |
| 1978 |
159,000 |
3.92% |
| 1977 |
153,000 |
3.38% |
| 1976 |
148,000 |
3.50% |
| 1975 |
143,000 |
3.62% |
| 1974 |
138,000 |
3.76% |
| 1973 |
133,000 |
3.91% |
| 1972 |
128,000 |
3.23% |
| 1971 |
124,000 |
2.48% |
| 1970 |
121,000 |
1.68% |
| 1969 |
119,000 |
1.71% |
| 1968 |
117,000 |
1.74% |
| 1967 |
115,000 |
1.77% |
| 1966 |
113,000 |
1.80% |
| 1965 |
111,000 |
1.83% |
| 1964 |
109,000 |
1.87% |
| 1963 |
107,000 |
1.90% |
| 1962 |
105,000 |
1.94% |
| 1961 |
103,000 |
4.04% |
| 1960 |
99,000 |
6.45% |
| 1959 |
93,000 |
5.68% |
| 1958 |
88,000 |
6.02% |
| 1957 |
83,000 |
5.06% |
| 1956 |
79,000 |
5.33% |
| 1955 |
75,000 |
5.63% |
| 1954 |
71,000 |
5.97% |
| 1953 |
67,000 |
6.35% |
| 1952 |
63,000 |
5.00% |
| 1951 |
60,000 |
5.26% |
| 1950 |
57,000 |
0.00% |
