Delhi, India Metro Area Population 1950-2025
Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Delhi, India metro area from 1950 to 2025. United Nations population projections are also included through the year 2035.
- The current metro area population of Delhi in 2025 is 34,666,000, a 2.54% increase from 2024.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2024 was 33,807,000, a 2.63% increase from 2023.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2023 was 32,941,000, a 2.73% increase from 2022.
- The metro area population of Delhi in 2022 was 32,066,000, a 2.84% 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 |
Mathura |
665,000 |
Ajmer |
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 |
Bathinda |
415,000 |
Aizawl |
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 |
Delhi - Historical Population Data
|
Year |
Population |
Growth Rate |
2025 |
34,666,000 |
2.54% |
2024 |
33,807,000 |
2.63% |
2023 |
32,941,000 |
2.73% |
2022 |
32,066,000 |
2.84% |
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% |