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Calcutta, India Metro Area Population 1950-2024

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Calcutta, India metro area from 1950 to 2024. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
  • The current metro area population of Calcutta in 2024 is 15,571,000, a 1.55% increase from 2023.
  • The metro area population of Calcutta in 2023 was 15,333,000, a 1.31% increase from 2022.
  • The metro area population of Calcutta in 2022 was 15,134,000, a 1.07% increase from 2021.
  • The metro area population of Calcutta in 2021 was 14,974,000, a 0.84% increase from 2020.
  
Data Source: United Nations - World Population Prospects

MLA Citation:
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
Calcutta - Historical Population Data
Year Population Growth Rate
2024 15,571,000 1.55%
2023 15,333,000 1.31%
2022 15,134,000 1.07%
2021 14,974,000 0.84%
2020 14,850,000 0.64%
2019 14,755,000 0.50%
2018 14,681,000 0.60%
2017 14,594,000 0.59%
2016 14,508,000 0.59%
2015 14,423,000 0.59%
2014 14,338,000 0.60%
2013 14,253,000 0.59%
2012 14,169,000 0.59%
2011 14,086,000 0.59%
2010 14,003,000 0.60%
2009 13,920,000 0.59%
2008 13,838,000 0.59%
2007 13,757,000 0.59%
2006 13,676,000 0.60%
2005 13,595,000 0.59%
2004 13,515,000 0.60%
2003 13,435,000 0.59%
2002 13,356,000 0.59%
2001 13,278,000 1.38%
2000 13,097,000 1.78%
1999 12,868,000 1.78%
1998 12,643,000 1.78%
1997 12,422,000 1.77%
1996 12,206,000 1.78%
1995 11,992,000 1.77%
1994 11,783,000 1.78%
1993 11,577,000 1.78%
1992 11,375,000 1.78%
1991 11,176,000 1.84%
1990 10,974,000 1.87%
1989 10,773,000 1.87%
1988 10,575,000 1.87%
1987 10,381,000 1.86%
1986 10,191,000 1.87%
1985 10,004,000 1.87%
1984 9,820,000 1.87%
1983 9,640,000 1.87%
1982 9,463,000 1.87%
1981 9,289,000 2.08%
1980 9,100,000 2.19%
1979 8,905,000 2.19%
1978 8,714,000 2.19%
1977 8,527,000 2.18%
1976 8,345,000 2.19%
1975 8,166,000 2.19%
1974 7,991,000 2.20%
1973 7,819,000 2.18%
1972 7,652,000 2.19%
1971 7,488,000 2.17%
1970 7,329,000 2.15%
1969 7,175,000 2.15%
1968 7,024,000 2.15%
1967 6,876,000 2.15%
1966 6,731,000 2.16%
1965 6,589,000 2.14%
1964 6,451,000 2.15%
1963 6,315,000 2.15%
1962 6,182,000 2.15%
1961 6,052,000 2.40%
1960 5,910,000 2.52%
1959 5,765,000 2.53%
1958 5,623,000 2.52%
1957 5,485,000 2.50%
1956 5,351,000 2.53%
1955 5,219,000 2.51%
1954 5,091,000 2.52%
1953 4,966,000 2.52%
1952 4,844,000 2.52%
1951 4,725,000 2.63%
1950 4,604,000 0.00%