Delhi, India Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Delhi, India metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Delhi in 2024 is 33,807,000, a 2.63% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2023 was 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.
Other Cities in India |
City Name |
Population |
Delhi |
33,807,000 |
Mumbai |
21,673,000 |
Calcutta |
15,571,000 |
Bangalore |
14,008,000 |
Madras |
12,054,000 |
Hyderabad |
11,069,000 |
Ahmadabad |
8,854,000 |
Surat |
8,331,000 |
Poona |
7,346,000 |
Jaipur |
4,309,000 |
Calicut |
4,244,000 |
Malappuram |
4,185,000 |
Lucknow |
4,038,000 |
Thrissur |
3,605,000 |
Cochin |
3,507,000 |
Indore |
3,393,000 |
Kanpur |
3,286,000 |
Nagpur |
3,106,000 |
Coimbatore |
3,084,000 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
2,984,000 |
Patna |
2,633,000 |
Bhopal |
2,625,000 |
Agra |
2,422,000 |
Kannur |
2,406,000 |
Visakhapatnam |
2,385,000 |
Vadodara |
2,373,000 |
Nashik |
2,294,000 |
Vijayawada |
2,291,000 |
Kollam |
2,182,000 |
Rajkot |
2,097,000 |
Ludhiana |
1,988,000 |
Madurai |
1,872,000 |
Raipur |
1,871,000 |
Meerut |
1,835,000 |
Benares |
1,789,000 |
Srinagar |
1,738,000 |
Tiruppur |
1,732,000 |
Jamshedpur |
1,731,000 |
Aurangabad |
1,725,000 |
Jodhpur |
1,625,000 |
Ranchi |
1,584,000 |
Kota |
1,558,000 |
Jabalpur |
1,551,000 |
Asansol |
1,534,000 |
Gwalior |
1,509,000 |
Allahabad |
1,493,000 |
Amritsar |
1,480,000 |
Dhanbad |
1,415,000 |
Bareilly |
1,381,000 |
Aligarh |
1,346,000 |
Moradabad |
1,336,000 |
Mysore |
1,316,000 |
Durg-Bhilainagar |
1,290,000 |
Bhubaneswar |
1,289,000 |
Tiruchirappalli |
1,245,000 |
Chandigarh |
1,240,000 |
Saharanpur |
1,208,000 |
Hubli-Dharwad |
1,205,000 |
Gauhati |
1,199,000 |
Salem |
1,195,000 |
Siliguri |
1,159,000 |
Jalandhar |
1,143,000 |
Solapur |
1,088,000 |
Warangal |
1,056,000 |
Dehradun |
1,016,000 |
Guntur |
940,000 |
Bhiwandi |
925,000 |
Puducherry |
919,000 |
Firozabad |
918,000 |
Cherthala |
902,000 |
Kottayam |
854,000 |
Nellore |
838,000 |
Bikaner |
836,000 |
Muzaffarnagar |
814,000 |
Kayamkulam |
813,000 |
Amravati |
808,000 |
Gorakhpur |
802,000 |
Cuttack |
790,000 |
Belgaum |
783,000 |
Malegaon |
782,000 |
Tirupati |
775,000 |
Mangalore |
763,000 |
Nanded Waghala |
756,000 |
Bhavnagar |
751,000 |
Kurnool |
746,000 |
Jammu |
738,000 |
Gulbarga |
735,000 |
Durgapur |
726,000 |
Jhansi |
692,000 |
Erode |
690,000 |
Jamnagar |
679,000 |
Bokaro Steel City |
675,000 |
Patiala |
668,000 |
Bilaspur |
666,000 |
Raurkela |
664,000 |
Kolhapur |
657,000 |
Ujjain |
655,000 |
Agartala |
652,000 |
Ajmer |
652,000 |
Mathura |
649,000 |
Imphal |
646,000 |
Tuticorin |
628,000 |
Sangli |
623,000 |
Hosur |
621,000 |
Udaipur |
617,000 |
Jalgaon |
615,000 |
Vellore |
613,000 |
Gaya |
611,000 |
Tirunelveli |
604,000 |
Panipat |
598,000 |
Rajahmundry |
581,000 |
Bellary |
572,000 |
Begusarai |
566,000 |
Muzaffarpur |
554,000 |
Davanagere |
552,000 |
Kakinada |
552,000 |
Purnia |
550,000 |
Latur |
525,000 |
Bhagalpur |
515,000 |
Rohtak |
510,000 |
Shillong |
508,000 |
Anantapur |
498,000 |
Bhilwara |
496,000 |
Raniganj |
491,000 |
Kadapa |
489,000 |
Yamunanagar |
486,000 |
English Bazar |
477,000 |
Hardwar |
477,000 |
Akola |
473,000 |
Sagar |
472,000 |
Alwar |
471,000 |
Rampur |
463,000 |
Dhulian |
462,000 |
Bijapur |
454,000 |
Baharampur |
453,000 |
Gandhidham |
452,000 |
Ottappalam |
451,000 |
Barddhaman |
448,000 |
Karnal |
448,000 |
Korba |
447,000 |
Karimnagar |
440,000 |
Brahmapur |
437,000 |
Junagadh |
434,000 |
Dhule |
433,000 |
Dindigul |
428,000 |
Ahmadnagar |
425,000 |
Deoghar |
415,000 |
Anand |
410,000 |
Bihar Sharif |
409,000 |
Bathinda |
406,000 |
Aizawl |
405,000 |
Roorkee |
404,000 |
Palakkad |
403,000 |
Santipur |
403,000 |
Shimoga |
402,000 |
Ranipet |
397,000 |
Karur |
395,000 |
Maunath Bhanjan |
394,000 |
Shahjahanpur |
394,000 |
Ichalkaranji |
391,000 |
Tumkur |
391,000 |
Morvi |
389,000 |
Kanhangad |
388,000 |
Dewas |
387,000 |
Parbhani |
386,000 |
Hisar |
379,000 |
Darbhanga |
375,000 |
Habra |
374,000 |
Khammam |
374,000 |
Chandrapur |
373,000 |
Satna |
373,000 |
Farrukhabad |
372,000 |
Haldwani-cum-kathgodam |
372,000 |
Jalna |
368,000 |
Navsari |
367,000 |
Thanjavur |
362,000 |
Arrah |
361,000 |
Nizamabad |
351,000 |
Hapur |
349,000 |
Kharagpur |
345,000 |
Ratlam |
339,000 |
Delhi - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
2024 |
33,807,000 |
2.63% |
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% |