Madras, India Metro Area Population 1950-2024
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Madras, India metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Madras in 2024 is 12,054,000, a 2.36% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Madras in 2023 was 11,776,000, a 2.37% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Madras in 2022 was 11,503,000, a 2.39% increase from 2021.
- The metro area population of Madras in 2021 was 11,235,000, a 2.41% 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 |
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Madras - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2024 |
12,054,000 |
2.36% |
| 2023 |
11,776,000 |
2.37% |
| 2022 |
11,503,000 |
2.39% |
| 2021 |
11,235,000 |
2.41% |
| 2020 |
10,971,000 |
2.43% |
| 2019 |
10,711,000 |
2.44% |
| 2018 |
10,456,000 |
2.62% |
| 2017 |
10,189,000 |
2.61% |
| 2016 |
9,930,000 |
2.61% |
| 2015 |
9,677,000 |
2.61% |
| 2014 |
9,431,000 |
2.61% |
| 2013 |
9,191,000 |
2.61% |
| 2012 |
8,957,000 |
2.62% |
| 2011 |
8,728,000 |
2.61% |
| 2010 |
8,506,000 |
2.61% |
| 2009 |
8,290,000 |
2.61% |
| 2008 |
8,079,000 |
2.62% |
| 2007 |
7,873,000 |
2.62% |
| 2006 |
7,672,000 |
2.61% |
| 2005 |
7,477,000 |
2.61% |
| 2004 |
7,287,000 |
2.62% |
| 2003 |
7,101,000 |
2.62% |
| 2002 |
6,920,000 |
2.61% |
| 2001 |
6,744,000 |
2.29% |
| 2000 |
6,593,000 |
2.12% |
| 1999 |
6,456,000 |
2.14% |
| 1998 |
6,321,000 |
2.12% |
| 1997 |
6,190,000 |
2.13% |
| 1996 |
6,061,000 |
2.14% |
| 1995 |
5,934,000 |
2.12% |
| 1994 |
5,811,000 |
2.13% |
| 1993 |
5,690,000 |
2.14% |
| 1992 |
5,571,000 |
2.13% |
| 1991 |
5,455,000 |
2.31% |
| 1990 |
5,332,000 |
2.40% |
| 1989 |
5,207,000 |
2.40% |
| 1988 |
5,085,000 |
2.40% |
| 1987 |
4,966,000 |
2.39% |
| 1986 |
4,850,000 |
2.41% |
| 1985 |
4,736,000 |
2.40% |
| 1984 |
4,625,000 |
2.39% |
| 1983 |
4,517,000 |
2.40% |
| 1982 |
4,411,000 |
2.41% |
| 1981 |
4,307,000 |
2.87% |
| 1980 |
4,187,000 |
3.10% |
| 1979 |
4,061,000 |
3.10% |
| 1978 |
3,939,000 |
3.12% |
| 1977 |
3,820,000 |
3.10% |
| 1976 |
3,705,000 |
3.09% |
| 1975 |
3,594,000 |
3.10% |
| 1974 |
3,486,000 |
3.11% |
| 1973 |
3,381,000 |
3.11% |
| 1972 |
3,279,000 |
3.11% |
| 1971 |
3,180,000 |
4.47% |
| 1970 |
3,044,000 |
4.93% |
| 1969 |
2,901,000 |
4.88% |
| 1968 |
2,766,000 |
4.93% |
| 1967 |
2,636,000 |
4.94% |
| 1966 |
2,512,000 |
4.93% |
| 1965 |
2,394,000 |
4.91% |
| 1964 |
2,282,000 |
4.92% |
| 1963 |
2,175,000 |
4.92% |
| 1962 |
2,073,000 |
4.91% |
| 1961 |
1,976,000 |
3.19% |
| 1960 |
1,915,000 |
2.35% |
| 1959 |
1,871,000 |
2.35% |
| 1958 |
1,828,000 |
2.35% |
| 1957 |
1,786,000 |
2.35% |
| 1956 |
1,745,000 |
2.35% |
| 1955 |
1,705,000 |
2.34% |
| 1954 |
1,666,000 |
2.33% |
| 1953 |
1,628,000 |
2.33% |
| 1952 |
1,591,000 |
2.38% |
| 1951 |
1,554,000 |
4.23% |
| 1950 |
1,491,000 |
0.00% |
