Chandigarh, India Population 1950-2020
NOTE: All data from 2020 and beyond are UN projections and DO NOT include any impacts of the COVID-19 virus.
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Chandigarh, India metro area from 1950 to 2020. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current population of Chandigarh in 2020 is 1,148,000, a 1.68% increase from 2019.
- The population of Chandigarh in 2019 was 1,129,000, a 1.71% increase from 2018.
- The population of Chandigarh in 2018 was 1,110,000, a 1.83% increase from 2017.
- The population of Chandigarh in 2017 was 1,090,000, a 1.87% increase from 2016.
| Other Cities in India | |
|---|---|
| City Name | Population |
| Delhi | 30,291,000 |
| Mumbai | 20,411,000 |
| Calcutta | 14,850,000 |
| Bangalore | 12,327,000 |
| Madras | 10,971,000 |
| Hyderabad | 10,004,000 |
| Ahmadabad | 8,059,000 |
| Surat | 7,185,000 |
| Poona | 6,629,000 |
| Jaipur | 3,909,000 |
| Lucknow | 3,677,000 |
| Calicut | 3,555,000 |
| Malappuram | 3,391,000 |
| Kanpur | 3,124,000 |
| Cochin | 3,082,000 |
| Thrissur | 3,068,000 |
| Indore | 3,017,000 |
| Nagpur | 2,893,000 |
| Coimbatore | 2,787,000 |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 2,585,000 |
| Patna | 2,436,000 |
| Bhopal | 2,390,000 |
| Agra | 2,210,000 |
| Vadodara | 2,190,000 |
| Visakhapatnam | 2,175,000 |
| Kannur | 2,167,000 |
| Nashik | 2,066,000 |
| Vijayawada | 2,040,000 |
| Rajkot | 1,878,000 |
| Ludhiana | 1,857,000 |
| Kollam | 1,852,000 |
| Madurai | 1,734,000 |
| Meerut | 1,696,000 |
| Benares | 1,665,000 |
| Raipur | 1,642,000 |
| Jamshedpur | 1,599,000 |
| Srinagar | 1,586,000 |
| Aurangabad | 1,558,000 |
| Tiruppur | 1,496,000 |
| Jodhpur | 1,472,000 |
| Jabalpur | 1,450,000 |
| Ranchi | 1,439,000 |
| Asansol | 1,431,000 |
| Allahabad | 1,394,000 |
| Kota | 1,387,000 |
| Gwalior | 1,378,000 |
| Amritsar | 1,377,000 |
| Dhanbad | 1,331,000 |
| Bareilly | 1,255,000 |
| Aligarh | 1,211,000 |
| Mysore | 1,210,000 |
| Durg-Bhilainagar | 1,208,000 |
| Moradabad | 1,197,000 |
| Tiruchirappalli | 1,165,000 |
| Bhubaneswar | 1,163,000 |
| Chandigarh | 1,148,000 |
| Gauhati | 1,117,000 |
| Hubli-Dharwad | 1,117,000 |
| Salem | 1,102,000 |
| Jalandhar | 1,054,000 |
| Saharanpur | 1,054,000 |
| Solapur | 1,031,000 |
| Siliguri | 1,020,000 |
| Warangal | 960,000 |
| Dehradun | 919,000 |
| Bhiwandi | 859,000 |
| Guntur | 854,000 |
| Puducherry | 836,000 |
| Firozabad | 821,000 |
| Bikaner | 772,000 |
| Cherthala | 764,000 |
| Gorakhpur | 758,000 |
| Amravati | 752,000 |
| Nellore | 751,000 |
| Cuttack | 742,000 |
| Belgaum | 725,000 |
| Muzaffarnagar | 717,000 |
| Malegaon | 716,000 |
| Mangalore | 713,000 |
| Jammu | 702,000 |
| Bhavnagar | 700,000 |
| Kottayam | 696,000 |
| Kayamkulam | 695,000 |
| Nanded Waghala | 690,000 |
| Tirupati | 679,000 |
| Durgapur | 675,000 |
| Gulbarga | 673,000 |
| Kurnool | 665,000 |
| Jamnagar | 645,000 |
| Jhansi | 643,000 |
| Erode | 635,000 |
| Bokaro Steel City | 634,000 |
| Raurkela | 623,000 |
| Kolhapur | 619,000 |
| Ajmer | 614,000 |
| Ujjain | 607,000 |
| Bilaspur | 600,000 |
| Patiala | 599,000 |
| Mathura | 588,000 |
| Sangli | 584,000 |
| Imphal | 576,000 |
| Agartala | 575,000 |
| Udaipur | 569,000 |
| Vellore | 569,000 |
| Tirunelveli | 566,000 |
| Gaya | 565,000 |
| Jalgaon | 565,000 |
| Tuticorin | 561,000 |
| Panipat | 548,000 |
| Rajahmundry | 544,000 |
| Bellary | 521,000 |
| Kakinada | 514,000 |
| Davanagere | 512,000 |
| Muzaffarpur | 504,000 |
| Hosur | 494,000 |
| Bhagalpur | 479,000 |
| Latur | 479,000 |
| Purnia | 478,000 |
| Begusarai | 468,000 |
| Rohtak | 467,000 |
| Shillong | 460,000 |
| Bhilwara | 452,000 |
| Akola | 451,000 |
| Yamunanagar | 451,000 |
| Anantapur | 449,000 |
| Kadapa | 443,000 |
| Sagar | 437,000 |
| Alwar | 429,000 |
| English Bazar | 427,000 |
| Hardwar | 426,000 |
| Rampur | 426,000 |
| Korba | 418,000 |
| Barddhaman | 414,000 |
| Bijapur | 414,000 |
| Dhule | 410,000 |
| Raniganj | 410,000 |
| Brahmapur | 408,000 |
| Baharampur | 407,000 |
| Ahmadnagar | 404,000 |
| Karnal | 402,000 |
| Junagadh | 397,000 |
| Karimnagar | 395,000 |
| Dhulian | 393,000 |
| Gandhidham | 390,000 |
| Dindigul | 386,000 |
| Ottappalam | 385,000 |
| Shimoga | 375,000 |
| Shahjahanpur | 374,000 |
| Bihar Sharif | 373,000 |
| Anand | 372,000 |
| Aizawl | 370,000 |
| Bathinda | 368,000 |
| Palakkad | 368,000 |
| Ichalkaranji | 367,000 |
| Santipur | 367,000 |
| Tumkur | 361,000 |
| Parbhani | 359,000 |
| Maunath Bhanjan | 358,000 |
| Dewas | 356,000 |
| Ranipet | 356,000 |
| Hisar | 354,000 |
| Roorkee | 354,000 |
| Chandrapur | 352,000 |
| Darbhanga | 351,000 |
| Deoghar | 349,000 |
| Habra | 348,000 |
| Karur | 346,000 |
| Morvi | 346,000 |
| Farrukhabad | 344,000 |
| Satna | 343,000 |
| Jalna | 341,000 |
| Kanhangad | 340,000 |
| Khammam | 339,000 |
| Navsari | 339,000 |
| Thanjavur | 337,000 |
| Nizamabad | 333,000 |
| Arrah | 329,000 |
| Haldwani-cum-kathgodam | 329,000 |
| Kharagpur | 327,000 |
| Hapur | 321,000 |
| Ratlam | 316,000 |
| Chandigarh - Historical Population Data | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Population | Growth Rate |
| 2020 | 1,148,000 | 1.68% |
| 2019 | 1,129,000 | 1.71% |
| 2018 | 1,110,000 | 1.83% |
| 2017 | 1,090,000 | 1.87% |
| 2016 | 1,070,000 | 1.81% |
| 2015 | 1,051,000 | 1.84% |
| 2014 | 1,032,000 | 1.88% |
| 2013 | 1,013,000 | 1.81% |
| 2012 | 995,000 | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 977,000 | 1.88% |
| 2010 | 959,000 | 1.80% |
| 2009 | 942,000 | 1.95% |
| 2008 | 924,000 | 1.76% |
| 2007 | 908,000 | 1.91% |
| 2006 | 891,000 | 1.83% |
| 2005 | 875,000 | 1.86% |
| 2004 | 859,000 | 1.78% |
| 2003 | 844,000 | 1.93% |
| 2002 | 828,000 | 1.85% |
| 2001 | 813,000 | 2.91% |
| 2000 | 790,000 | 3.40% |
| 1999 | 764,000 | 3.38% |
| 1998 | 739,000 | 3.50% |
| 1997 | 714,000 | 3.48% |
| 1996 | 690,000 | 3.45% |
| 1995 | 667,000 | 3.41% |
| 1994 | 645,000 | 3.53% |
| 1993 | 623,000 | 3.32% |
| 1992 | 603,000 | 3.61% |
| 1991 | 582,000 | 3.19% |
| 1990 | 564,000 | 3.11% |
| 1989 | 547,000 | 3.21% |
| 1988 | 530,000 | 3.11% |
| 1987 | 514,000 | 3.01% |
| 1986 | 499,000 | 3.31% |
| 1985 | 483,000 | 2.99% |
| 1984 | 469,000 | 3.30% |
| 1983 | 454,000 | 2.95% |
| 1982 | 441,000 | 3.28% |
| 1981 | 427,000 | 5.17% |
| 1980 | 406,000 | 6.01% |
| 1979 | 383,000 | 6.39% |
| 1978 | 360,000 | 6.19% |
| 1977 | 339,000 | 6.27% |
| 1976 | 319,000 | 5.98% |
| 1975 | 301,000 | 6.36% |
| 1974 | 283,000 | 5.99% |
| 1973 | 267,000 | 6.37% |
| 1972 | 251,000 | 6.36% |
| 1971 | 236,000 | 7.76% |
| 1970 | 219,000 | 8.96% |
| 1969 | 201,000 | 8.65% |
| 1968 | 185,000 | 8.82% |
| 1967 | 170,000 | 8.97% |
| 1966 | 156,000 | 9.09% |
| 1965 | 143,000 | 8.33% |
| 1964 | 132,000 | 9.09% |
| 1963 | 121,000 | 9.01% |
| 1962 | 111,000 | 8.82% |
| 1961 | 102,000 | 8.51% |
| 1960 | 94,000 | 9.30% |
| 1959 | 86,000 | 8.86% |
| 1958 | 79,000 | 8.22% |
| 1957 | 73,000 | 8.96% |
| 1956 | 67,000 | 9.84% |
| 1955 | 61,000 | 8.93% |
| 1954 | 56,000 | 7.69% |
| 1953 | 52,000 | 8.33% |
| 1952 | 48,000 | 9.09% |
| 1951 | 44,000 | 10.00% |
| 1950 | 40,000 | 0.00% |
