Chandigarh, India Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Chandigarh, India metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Chandigarh in 2025 is 1,266,000, a 2.1% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Chandigarh in 2024 was 1,240,000, a 2.06% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Chandigarh in 2023 was 1,215,000, a 2.02% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Chandigarh in 2022 was 1,191,000, a 1.88% increase from 2021.
| Other Cities in India |
| City Name |
Population |
| Delhi |
34,666,000 |
| Mumbai |
22,089,000 |
| Calcutta |
15,845,000 |
| Bangalore |
14,395,000 |
| Madras |
12,336,000 |
| Hyderabad |
11,338,000 |
| Ahmadabad |
9,062,000 |
| Surat |
8,582,000 |
| Poona |
7,526,000 |
| Jaipur |
4,411,000 |
| Calicut |
4,387,000 |
| Malappuram |
4,344,000 |
| Lucknow |
4,133,000 |
| Thrissur |
3,720,000 |
| Cochin |
3,605,000 |
| Indore |
3,483,000 |
| Kanpur |
3,345,000 |
| Nagpur |
3,170,000 |
| Coimbatore |
3,159,000 |
| Thiruvananthapuram |
3,073,000 |
| Patna |
2,690,000 |
| Bhopal |
2,686,000 |
| Agra |
2,478,000 |
| Kannur |
2,465,000 |
| Visakhapatnam |
2,440,000 |
| Vadodara |
2,425,000 |
| Nashik |
2,351,000 |
| Vijayawada |
2,351,000 |
| Kollam |
2,252,000 |
| Rajkot |
2,150,000 |
| Ludhiana |
2,029,000 |
| Raipur |
1,923,000 |
| Madurai |
1,912,000 |
| Meerut |
1,875,000 |
| Benares |
1,826,000 |
| Tiruppur |
1,784,000 |
| Srinagar |
1,778,000 |
| Jamshedpur |
1,768,000 |
| Aurangabad |
1,767,000 |
| Jodhpur |
1,664,000 |
| Ranchi |
1,622,000 |
| Kota |
1,599,000 |
| Jabalpur |
1,582,000 |
| Asansol |
1,565,000 |
| Gwalior |
1,544,000 |
| Allahabad |
1,524,000 |
| Amritsar |
1,511,000 |
| Dhanbad |
1,442,000 |
| Bareilly |
1,413,000 |
| Aligarh |
1,380,000 |
| Moradabad |
1,370,000 |
| Mysore |
1,346,000 |
| Bhubaneswar |
1,321,000 |
| Durg-Bhilainagar |
1,315,000 |
| Tiruchirappalli |
1,270,000 |
| Chandigarh |
1,266,000 |
| Saharanpur |
1,242,000 |
| Hubli-Dharwad |
1,231,000 |
| Gauhati |
1,224,000 |
| Salem |
1,221,000 |
| Siliguri |
1,191,000 |
| Jalandhar |
1,168,000 |
| Solapur |
1,108,000 |
| Warangal |
1,080,000 |
| Dehradun |
1,041,000 |
| Guntur |
962,000 |
| Bhiwandi |
944,000 |
| Firozabad |
942,000 |
| Puducherry |
941,000 |
| Cherthala |
931,000 |
| Kottayam |
885,000 |
| Nellore |
859,000 |
| Bikaner |
854,000 |
| Kayamkulam |
839,000 |
| Muzaffarnagar |
837,000 |
| Amravati |
825,000 |
| Gorakhpur |
817,000 |
| Cuttack |
805,000 |
| Belgaum |
800,000 |
| Malegaon |
800,000 |
| Tirupati |
797,000 |
| Mangalore |
779,000 |
| Nanded Waghala |
773,000 |
| Bhavnagar |
767,000 |
| Kurnool |
765,000 |
| Gulbarga |
752,000 |
| Jammu |
752,000 |
| Durgapur |
741,000 |
| Jhansi |
707,000 |
| Erode |
706,000 |
| Jamnagar |
691,000 |
| Bokaro Steel City |
688,000 |
| Patiala |
685,000 |
| Bilaspur |
682,000 |
| Raurkela |
677,000 |
| Agartala |
670,000 |
| Kolhapur |
669,000 |
| Ujjain |
668,000 |
| Ajmer |
665,000 |
| Mathura |
665,000 |
| Imphal |
662,000 |
| Hosur |
646,000 |
| Tuticorin |
644,000 |
| Sangli |
636,000 |
| Udaipur |
630,000 |
| Jalgaon |
629,000 |
| Vellore |
626,000 |
| Gaya |
624,000 |
| Tirunelveli |
616,000 |
| Panipat |
611,000 |
| Rajahmundry |
593,000 |
| Begusarai |
587,000 |
| Bellary |
586,000 |
| Muzaffarpur |
567,000 |
| Purnia |
566,000 |
| Kakinada |
564,000 |
| Davanagere |
563,000 |
| Latur |
537,000 |
| Bhagalpur |
525,000 |
| Rohtak |
522,000 |
| Shillong |
520,000 |
| Anantapur |
510,000 |
| Raniganj |
508,000 |
| Bhilwara |
507,000 |
| Kadapa |
500,000 |
| Yamunanagar |
496,000 |
| English Bazar |
490,000 |
| Hardwar |
489,000 |
| Alwar |
482,000 |
| Sagar |
482,000 |
| Akola |
481,000 |
| Dhulian |
477,000 |
| Rampur |
474,000 |
| Gandhidham |
466,000 |
| Baharampur |
465,000 |
| Bijapur |
465,000 |
| Ottappalam |
465,000 |
| Karnal |
459,000 |
| Barddhaman |
458,000 |
| Korba |
456,000 |
| Karimnagar |
451,000 |
| Brahmapur |
446,000 |
| Junagadh |
444,000 |
| Dhule |
441,000 |
| Dindigul |
439,000 |
| Ahmadnagar |
432,000 |
| Deoghar |
429,000 |
| Anand |
420,000 |
| Bihar Sharif |
419,000 |
| Roorkee |
416,000 |
| Aizawl |
415,000 |
| Bathinda |
415,000 |
| Palakkad |
412,000 |
| Santipur |
412,000 |
| Shimoga |
411,000 |
| Ranipet |
407,000 |
| Karur |
406,000 |
| Maunath Bhanjan |
403,000 |
| Shahjahanpur |
401,000 |
| Ichalkaranji |
399,000 |
| Kanhangad |
399,000 |
| Morvi |
399,000 |
| Tumkur |
399,000 |
| Dewas |
396,000 |
| Parbhani |
394,000 |
| Hisar |
387,000 |
| Darbhanga |
383,000 |
| Khammam |
383,000 |
| Habra |
382,000 |
| Haldwani-cum-kathgodam |
382,000 |
| Satna |
381,000 |
| Chandrapur |
380,000 |
| Farrukhabad |
380,000 |
| Jalna |
376,000 |
| Navsari |
375,000 |
| Arrah |
370,000 |
| Thanjavur |
369,000 |
| Hapur |
357,000 |
| Nizamabad |
357,000 |
| Kharagpur |
352,000 |
| Ratlam |
346,000 |
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Chandigarh - Historical Population Data
|
| Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
| 2025 |
1,266,000 |
2.10% |
| 2024 |
1,240,000 |
2.06% |
| 2023 |
1,215,000 |
2.02% |
| 2022 |
1,191,000 |
1.88% |
| 2021 |
1,169,000 |
1.83% |
| 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% |
