Delhi, India Metro Area Population 1950-2021
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Delhi, India metro area from 1950 to 2021. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Delhi in 2021 is 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.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2019 was 29,399,000, a 3.1% increase from 2018.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2018 was 28,514,000, a 3.3% increase from 2017.
Other Cities in India |
City Name |
Population |
Delhi |
31,181,000 |
Mumbai |
20,668,000 |
Calcutta |
14,974,000 |
Bangalore |
12,765,000 |
Madras |
11,235,000 |
Hyderabad |
10,269,000 |
Ahmadabad |
8,253,000 |
Surat |
7,490,000 |
Poona |
6,808,000 |
Jaipur |
4,008,000 |
Lucknow |
3,765,000 |
Calicut |
3,742,000 |
Malappuram |
3,609,000 |
Thrissur |
3,213,000 |
Cochin |
3,193,000 |
Kanpur |
3,153,000 |
Indore |
3,113,000 |
Nagpur |
2,940,000 |
Coimbatore |
2,860,000 |
Thiruvananthapuram |
2,691,000 |
Patna |
2,482,000 |
Bhopal |
2,447,000 |
Agra |
2,262,000 |
Vadodara |
2,233,000 |
Kannur |
2,227,000 |
Visakhapatnam |
2,226,000 |
Nashik |
2,123,000 |
Vijayawada |
2,104,000 |
Kollam |
1,941,000 |
Rajkot |
1,934,000 |
Ludhiana |
1,885,000 |
Madurai |
1,766,000 |
Meerut |
1,728,000 |
Raipur |
1,702,000 |
Benares |
1,693,000 |
Jamshedpur |
1,630,000 |
Srinagar |
1,622,000 |
Aurangabad |
1,600,000 |
Tiruppur |
1,559,000 |
Jodhpur |
1,510,000 |
Ranchi |
1,475,000 |
Jabalpur |
1,472,000 |
Asansol |
1,454,000 |
Kota |
1,431,000 |
Allahabad |
1,415,000 |
Gwalior |
1,410,000 |
Amritsar |
1,400,000 |
Dhanbad |
1,348,000 |
Bareilly |
1,286,000 |
Aligarh |
1,245,000 |
Mysore |
1,235,000 |
Moradabad |
1,232,000 |
Durg-Bhilainagar |
1,225,000 |
Bhubaneswar |
1,194,000 |
Tiruchirappalli |
1,182,000 |
Chandigarh |
1,169,000 |
Hubli-Dharwad |
1,137,000 |
Gauhati |
1,135,000 |
Salem |
1,124,000 |
Saharanpur |
1,095,000 |
Jalandhar |
1,074,000 |
Siliguri |
1,057,000 |
Solapur |
1,042,000 |
Warangal |
983,000 |
Dehradun |
943,000 |
Guntur |
875,000 |
Bhiwandi |
874,000 |
Puducherry |
856,000 |
Firozabad |
846,000 |
Cherthala |
801,000 |
Bikaner |
787,000 |
Nellore |
773,000 |
Gorakhpur |
767,000 |
Amravati |
765,000 |
Cuttack |
752,000 |
Muzaffarnagar |
742,000 |
Kottayam |
739,000 |
Belgaum |
738,000 |
Malegaon |
731,000 |
Kayamkulam |
727,000 |
Mangalore |
724,000 |
Bhavnagar |
712,000 |
Jammu |
709,000 |
Nanded Waghala |
706,000 |
Tirupati |
705,000 |
Gulbarga |
688,000 |
Durgapur |
687,000 |
Kurnool |
686,000 |
Jhansi |
654,000 |
Jamnagar |
651,000 |
Erode |
648,000 |
Bokaro Steel City |
642,000 |
Raurkela |
631,000 |
Kolhapur |
627,000 |
Ajmer |
622,000 |
Ujjain |
618,000 |
Patiala |
617,000 |
Bilaspur |
616,000 |
Mathura |
603,000 |
Agartala |
595,000 |
Imphal |
594,000 |
Sangli |
592,000 |
Udaipur |
580,000 |
Vellore |
579,000 |
Tuticorin |
578,000 |
Jalgaon |
577,000 |
Gaya |
576,000 |
Tirunelveli |
574,000 |
Panipat |
560,000 |
Rajahmundry |
552,000 |
Bellary |
534,000 |
Hosur |
529,000 |
Kakinada |
523,000 |
Davanagere |
521,000 |
Muzaffarpur |
516,000 |
Purnia |
497,000 |
Begusarai |
495,000 |
Latur |
490,000 |
Bhagalpur |
487,000 |
Rohtak |
477,000 |
Shillong |
472,000 |
Bhilwara |
463,000 |
Anantapur |
461,000 |
Yamunanagar |
458,000 |
Akola |
455,000 |
Kadapa |
455,000 |
Sagar |
445,000 |
English Bazar |
440,000 |
Alwar |
439,000 |
Hardwar |
439,000 |
Rampur |
435,000 |
Raniganj |
432,000 |
Bijapur |
424,000 |
Korba |
424,000 |
Barddhaman |
422,000 |
Baharampur |
419,000 |
Brahmapur |
415,000 |
Dhule |
414,000 |
Karnal |
414,000 |
Dhulian |
412,000 |
Ahmadnagar |
408,000 |
Gandhidham |
406,000 |
Junagadh |
406,000 |
Karimnagar |
406,000 |
Ottappalam |
403,000 |
Dindigul |
396,000 |
Bihar Sharif |
382,000 |
Anand |
381,000 |
Shimoga |
381,000 |
Aizawl |
378,000 |
Bathinda |
377,000 |
Shahjahanpur |
377,000 |
Palakkad |
376,000 |
Santipur |
376,000 |
Ichalkaranji |
372,000 |
Tumkur |
368,000 |
Deoghar |
367,000 |
Maunath Bhanjan |
367,000 |
Roorkee |
367,000 |
Ranipet |
366,000 |
Parbhani |
365,000 |
Dewas |
363,000 |
Hisar |
359,000 |
Karur |
358,000 |
Morvi |
357,000 |
Chandrapur |
356,000 |
Darbhanga |
356,000 |
Habra |
354,000 |
Kanhangad |
353,000 |
Farrukhabad |
351,000 |
Satna |
350,000 |
Jalna |
347,000 |
Khammam |
347,000 |
Navsari |
345,000 |
Thanjavur |
342,000 |
Haldwani-cum-kathgodam |
340,000 |
Arrah |
337,000 |
Nizamabad |
337,000 |
Kharagpur |
330,000 |
Hapur |
327,000 |
Ratlam |
321,000 |
Delhi - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
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% |