Benares, India Population 1950-2019
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Benares, India metro area from 1950 to 2019. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current population of Benares in 2019 is 1,639,000, a 1.49% increase from 2018.
- The population of Benares in 2018 was 1,615,000, a 1.7% increase from 2017.
- The population of Benares in 2017 was 1,588,000, a 1.6% increase from 2016.
- The population of Benares in 2016 was 1,563,000, a 1.69% increase from 2015.
| Other Cities in India |
| City Name |
Population |
| Delhi |
29,399,000 |
| Mumbai |
20,185,000 |
| Calcutta |
14,755,000 |
| Bangalore |
11,883,000 |
| Madras |
10,711,000 |
| Hyderabad |
9,741,000 |
| Ahmadabad |
7,869,000 |
| Surat |
6,874,000 |
| Poona |
6,452,000 |
| Jaipur |
3,812,000 |
| Lucknow |
3,590,000 |
| Calicut |
3,365,000 |
| Malappuram |
3,169,000 |
| Kanpur |
3,100,000 |
| Cochin |
2,970,000 |
| Thrissur |
2,921,000 |
| Indore |
2,919,000 |
| Nagpur |
2,850,000 |
| Coimbatore |
2,713,000 |
| Thiruvananthapuram |
2,477,000 |
| Patna |
2,393,000 |
| Bhopal |
2,333,000 |
| Agra |
2,160,000 |
| Vadodara |
2,149,000 |
| Visakhapatnam |
2,125,000 |
| Kannur |
2,107,000 |
| Nashik |
2,009,000 |
| Vijayawada |
1,975,000 |
| Ludhiana |
1,830,000 |
| Rajkot |
1,822,000 |
| Kollam |
1,761,000 |
| Madurai |
1,704,000 |
| Meerut |
1,666,000 |
| Benares |
1,639,000 |
| Raipur |
1,581,000 |
| Jamshedpur |
1,571,000 |
| Srinagar |
1,550,000 |
| Aurangabad |
1,517,000 |
| Jodhpur |
1,434,000 |
| Tiruppur |
1,433,000 |
| Jabalpur |
1,430,000 |
| Asansol |
1,410,000 |
| Ranchi |
1,404,000 |
| Allahabad |
1,374,000 |
| Amritsar |
1,356,000 |
| Gwalior |
1,348,000 |
| Kota |
1,343,000 |
| Dhanbad |
1,316,000 |
| Bareilly |
1,225,000 |
| Durg-Bhilainagar |
1,192,000 |
| Mysore |
1,185,000 |
| Aligarh |
1,177,000 |
| Moradabad |
1,162,000 |
| Tiruchirappalli |
1,149,000 |
| Bhubaneswar |
1,131,000 |
| Chandigarh |
1,129,000 |
| Gauhati |
1,100,000 |
| Hubli-Dharwad |
1,098,000 |
| Salem |
1,082,000 |
| Jalandhar |
1,034,000 |
| Solapur |
1,022,000 |
| Saharanpur |
1,013,000 |
| Siliguri |
984,000 |
| Warangal |
937,000 |
| Dehradun |
895,000 |
| Bhiwandi |
846,000 |
| Guntur |
834,000 |
| Puducherry |
816,000 |
| Firozabad |
796,000 |
| Bikaner |
758,000 |
| Gorakhpur |
751,000 |
| Amravati |
741,000 |
| Cuttack |
733,000 |
| Nellore |
729,000 |
| Cherthala |
726,000 |
| Belgaum |
712,000 |
| Mangalore |
703,000 |
| Malegaon |
700,000 |
| Jammu |
697,000 |
| Muzaffarnagar |
691,000 |
| Bhavnagar |
690,000 |
| Nanded Waghala |
674,000 |
| Durgapur |
665,000 |
| Kayamkulam |
662,000 |
| Gulbarga |
659,000 |
| Tirupati |
654,000 |
| Kottayam |
652,000 |
| Kurnool |
644,000 |
| Jamnagar |
640,000 |
| Jhansi |
632,000 |
| Bokaro Steel City |
626,000 |
| Erode |
622,000 |
| Raurkela |
615,000 |
| Kolhapur |
613,000 |
| Ajmer |
607,000 |
| Ujjain |
597,000 |
| Bilaspur |
583,000 |
| Patiala |
582,000 |
| Sangli |
576,000 |
| Mathura |
574,000 |
| Vellore |
560,000 |
| Udaipur |
559,000 |
| Imphal |
558,000 |
| Tirunelveli |
558,000 |
| Agartala |
555,000 |
| Gaya |
555,000 |
| Jalgaon |
553,000 |
| Tuticorin |
544,000 |
| Panipat |
536,000 |
| Rajahmundry |
536,000 |
| Bellary |
509,000 |
| Kakinada |
506,000 |
| Davanagere |
503,000 |
| Muzaffarpur |
492,000 |
| Bhagalpur |
472,000 |
| Latur |
469,000 |
| Hosur |
458,000 |
| Purnia |
458,000 |
| Rohtak |
456,000 |
| Akola |
448,000 |
| Shillong |
448,000 |
| Yamunanagar |
443,000 |
| Bhilwara |
442,000 |
| Begusarai |
440,000 |
| Anantapur |
437,000 |
| Kadapa |
432,000 |
| Sagar |
430,000 |
| Alwar |
419,000 |
| Rampur |
417,000 |
| English Bazar |
414,000 |
| Hardwar |
412,000 |
| Korba |
412,000 |
| Barddhaman |
407,000 |
| Dhule |
406,000 |
| Bijapur |
404,000 |
| Brahmapur |
403,000 |
| Ahmadnagar |
401,000 |
| Baharampur |
395,000 |
| Karnal |
391,000 |
| Junagadh |
389,000 |
| Raniganj |
387,000 |
| Karimnagar |
384,000 |
| Dhulian |
375,000 |
| Dindigul |
375,000 |
| Gandhidham |
373,000 |
| Shahjahanpur |
371,000 |
| Shimoga |
369,000 |
| Ottappalam |
367,000 |
| Bihar Sharif |
365,000 |
| Anand |
362,000 |
| Ichalkaranji |
362,000 |
| Aizawl |
361,000 |
| Bathinda |
359,000 |
| Palakkad |
359,000 |
| Santipur |
358,000 |
| Tumkur |
355,000 |
| Parbhani |
353,000 |
| Hisar |
349,000 |
| Maunath Bhanjan |
349,000 |
| Chandrapur |
348,000 |
| Dewas |
348,000 |
| Darbhanga |
346,000 |
| Ranipet |
345,000 |
| Habra |
343,000 |
| Roorkee |
340,000 |
| Farrukhabad |
339,000 |
| Satna |
337,000 |
| Morvi |
336,000 |
| Jalna |
335,000 |
| Navsari |
333,000 |
| Karur |
332,000 |
| Thanjavur |
332,000 |
| Deoghar |
331,000 |
| Nizamabad |
331,000 |
| Khammam |
330,000 |
| Kanhangad |
327,000 |
| Kharagpur |
324,000 |
| Arrah |
322,000 |
| Haldwani-cum-kathgodam |
318,000 |
| Hapur |
314,000 |
| Ratlam |
312,000 |
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Benares - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2019 |
1,639,000 |
1.49% |
| 2018 |
1,615,000 |
1.70% |
| 2017 |
1,588,000 |
1.60% |
| 2016 |
1,563,000 |
1.69% |
| 2015 |
1,537,000 |
1.65% |
| 2014 |
1,512,000 |
1.61% |
| 2013 |
1,488,000 |
1.64% |
| 2012 |
1,464,000 |
1.67% |
| 2011 |
1,440,000 |
1.62% |
| 2010 |
1,417,000 |
1.65% |
| 2009 |
1,394,000 |
1.68% |
| 2008 |
1,371,000 |
1.63% |
| 2007 |
1,349,000 |
1.66% |
| 2006 |
1,327,000 |
1.61% |
| 2005 |
1,306,000 |
1.63% |
| 2004 |
1,285,000 |
1.66% |
| 2003 |
1,264,000 |
1.69% |
| 2002 |
1,243,000 |
1.64% |
| 2001 |
1,223,000 |
1.58% |
| 2000 |
1,204,000 |
1.60% |
| 1999 |
1,185,000 |
1.54% |
| 1998 |
1,167,000 |
1.66% |
| 1997 |
1,148,000 |
1.50% |
| 1996 |
1,131,000 |
1.62% |
| 1995 |
1,113,000 |
1.55% |
| 1994 |
1,096,000 |
1.58% |
| 1993 |
1,079,000 |
1.60% |
| 1992 |
1,062,000 |
1.63% |
| 1991 |
1,045,000 |
2.25% |
| 1990 |
1,022,000 |
2.61% |
| 1989 |
996,000 |
2.57% |
| 1988 |
971,000 |
2.64% |
| 1987 |
946,000 |
2.60% |
| 1986 |
922,000 |
2.67% |
| 1985 |
898,000 |
2.51% |
| 1984 |
876,000 |
2.70% |
| 1983 |
853,000 |
2.52% |
| 1982 |
832,000 |
2.72% |
| 1981 |
810,000 |
2.40% |
| 1980 |
791,000 |
2.46% |
| 1979 |
772,000 |
2.39% |
| 1978 |
754,000 |
2.31% |
| 1977 |
737,000 |
2.50% |
| 1976 |
719,000 |
2.42% |
| 1975 |
702,000 |
2.33% |
| 1974 |
686,000 |
2.39% |
| 1973 |
670,000 |
2.45% |
| 1972 |
654,000 |
2.35% |
| 1971 |
639,000 |
2.24% |
| 1970 |
625,000 |
2.29% |
| 1969 |
611,000 |
2.35% |
| 1968 |
597,000 |
2.23% |
| 1967 |
584,000 |
2.28% |
| 1966 |
571,000 |
2.33% |
| 1965 |
558,000 |
2.39% |
| 1964 |
545,000 |
2.25% |
| 1963 |
533,000 |
2.30% |
| 1962 |
521,000 |
2.16% |
| 1961 |
510,000 |
2.82% |
| 1960 |
496,000 |
3.33% |
| 1959 |
480,000 |
3.23% |
| 1958 |
465,000 |
3.10% |
| 1957 |
451,000 |
3.20% |
| 1956 |
437,000 |
3.07% |
| 1955 |
424,000 |
3.16% |
| 1954 |
411,000 |
3.27% |
| 1953 |
398,000 |
3.11% |
| 1952 |
386,000 |
3.21% |
| 1951 |
374,000 |
3.03% |
| 1950 |
363,000 |
0.00% |
