Mumbai, India Population 2024

Mumbai's 2024 population is now estimated at 21,673,100In 1950, the population of Mumbai was 3,088,810Mumbai has grown by 376,600 in the last year, which represents a 1.77% annual change.These population estimates and projections come from the latest revision of the UN World Urbanization Prospects. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Mumbai, which typically includes Mumbai's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas.

Mumbai, also called Bombay, is the capital city of the state of Maharashtra in India, and it's the most populous city in India. Mumbai is 4th most populous city in the world and one of the populous urban regions in the world. The most recent census was conducted in India during 2011, which put Mumbai's Urban Agglomeration at 20,748,395, while the city itself was recorded at 12,478,447. The next national census is scheduled for 2021.

Population Size and City Size

Mumbai's urban population is estimated to be over 22 million, and the densely populated city is the largest in India in terms of population, trade activity and business. The metropolitan area has experienced an explosion in growth over the past 20 years, a common occurrence with metropolitan areas in India. The rapid population growth is attributed to migration from other regions in the country, with migrants seeking business and employment opportunities.

The population of Mumbai has more than doubled since 1991, when the census showed that there were 9.9 million people living in the area. The rapid expansion has led to serious health issues that have to be addressed by the government, and a large percentage of residents live in the city’s slums.

The total surface area that the city of Mumbai covers comes to 603 kilometers squared (233 square miles) in the megacity itself. The major metropolitan area has a total surface area of 4,355 kilometers squared (1,681.5 square miles).

Slums of Mumbai

The percentage of people living in slums is estimated to be as high as 41.3% in Greater Mumbai, meaning that over 9 million people live in these areas. The number of people residing in slums throughout the entire country is estimated to be 104 million, or 9% of the total population of India. Dharavi is the largest slum in Mumbai and the second largest in Asia (after Orangi Town in Pakistan). It is estimated that one million people live in Dharavi, which spans just 535 acres, has a population density of an incredible 869,565 people per square mile. There are approximately 5,000 businesses and 15,000 single-room factories in Dharavi. The slum is the most literate in the country, with a literacy rate of 69%.

Population Density of Mumbai

The population density of Mumbai is approximately 73,000 per square mile, which makes Mumbai one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Because land is at such a premium, residents of Mumbai frequently live in cheap, cramped housing far from work, leading to long commutes on the city’s busy mass transit system.

Mumbai Demographics

Mumbai's demographics relate to us that the city is considered a melting pot due to all of the migrants that relocate to the city for employment opportunities. Mumbai, like most metropolitan areas of India, has a large population of polyglots, and 16 major languages of India are spoken here, including Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi, along with a colloquial form of Hindi called Bambaiya.

Cultural diversity within the city means that there are mixed religions throughout the area, although Hindu is the most practiced religion, with nearly 2 out of 3 Mumbai residents identifying as Hindu. You can see the full data in the Religion section below.

42% of the population is made up of Maharashtrians and Gujaratis account for 19%, while people from other areas of the country account for the rest of the population.

Mumbai's sex ratio is skewed, and a ward-level analysis of the last Census in 2013 found that 20 of the city's 24 municipal wards had a decline in child sex ratio in the past decade. The Worli-Prabhadevi region had the highest drop in child sex ratio. For every 1,000 boys, there are just 899 girls. This gender imbalance is visible throughout Mumbai and is blamed on sex-selective abortions.

Mumbai Population Growth

Mumbai has experienced rapid growth over the past twenty years, which has led to an increased number of residents living in slums and has elevated the growth of its largest slum, Dharavi. The Malad-Dahisar region in the west and the Cembur-Govandi region in the east have grown the fastest, growing between 17 and 20% in the last 10 decades.

The north is growing much more populous as the southern regions become less inhabited, and the fast-growing areas are seeing massive ghettoization as the fastest growth is occurring in the poorest areas.

The Indian government is currently working to boost the population of the Parsi community, as they have the highest literacy rates and sex ratio in India, but their numbers are rapidly declining. Out of 1.2 billion people in India, only 69,000 are Parsis, and their numbers have been declining 12% a decade. Mumbai is still home to the largest Parsis population in the world.

By 2030, Mumbai will have an estimated population of 28 million. These estimates mean that the 6th most populous city in the world would move up the list to become the 4th most populous.

Country
India
Growth Rate
1.77%

86 Rows

Year
Population
203527,342,800
203426,779,900
203326,220,000
203225,664,400
203125,114,700
203024,572,400
202924,039,900
202823,520,300
202723,018,400
202622,539,300
202522,089,000
202421,673,100
202321,296,500
202220,961,500
202120,667,700
202020,411,300
201920,185,100
201819,980,000
201719,756,000
201619,534,700
201519,315,700
201419,099,300
201318,885,200
201218,673,600
201118,464,300
201018,257,400
200918,052,800
200817,850,800
200717,650,500
200617,452,700
200517,257,100
200417,063,900
200316,872,500
200216,683,400
200116,496,400
200016,146,500
199915,722,200
199815,309,500
199714,907,700
199614,516,900
199514,135,400
199413,764,400
199313,403,100
199213,051,800
199112,708,700
199012,355,100
198912,001,500
198811,658,500
198711,324,400
198611,000,300
198510,685,500
198410,380,100
198310,082,700
19829,794,140
19819,513,850
19809,199,540
19798,874,180
19788,560,760
19778,258,400
19767,967,120
19757,685,350
19747,413,910
19737,152,060
19726,899,790
19716,655,770
19706,412,880
19696,176,340
19685,948,840
19675,729,130
19665,517,820
19655,314,300
19645,118,550
19634,929,510
19624,747,690
19614,572,570
19604,414,900
19594,267,510
19584,125,220
19573,987,680
19563,854,910
19553,726,210
19543,601,980
19533,481,880
19523,365,950
19513,253,570
19503,088,810

86 Rows

Year
Population
Change
Growth
19503,088,8100%0
19513,253,5705.33%164,760
19523,365,9503.45%112,380
19533,481,8803.44%115,930
19543,601,9803.45%120,100
19553,726,2103.45%124,230
19563,854,9103.45%128,700
19573,987,6803.44%132,770
19584,125,2203.45%137,540
19594,267,5103.45%142,290
19604,414,9003.45%147,390
19614,572,5703.57%157,670
19624,747,6903.83%175,120
19634,929,5103.83%181,820
19645,118,5503.83%189,040
19655,314,3003.82%195,750
19665,517,8203.83%203,520
19675,729,1303.83%211,310
19685,948,8403.83%219,710
19696,176,3403.82%227,500
19706,412,8803.83%236,540
19716,655,7703.79%242,890
19726,899,7903.67%244,020
19737,152,0603.66%252,270
19747,413,9103.66%261,850
19757,685,3503.66%271,440
19767,967,1203.67%281,770
19778,258,4003.66%291,280
19788,560,7603.66%302,360
19798,874,1803.66%313,420
19809,199,5403.67%325,360
19819,513,8503.42%314,310
19829,794,1402.95%280,290
198310,082,7002.95%288,560
198410,380,1002.95%297,400
198510,685,5002.94%305,400
198611,000,3002.95%314,800
198711,324,4002.95%324,100
198811,658,5002.95%334,100
198912,001,5002.94%343,000
199012,355,1002.95%353,600
199112,708,7002.86%353,600
199213,051,8002.7%343,100
199313,403,1002.69%351,300
199413,764,4002.7%361,300
199514,135,4002.7%371,000
199614,516,9002.7%381,500
199714,907,7002.69%390,800
199815,309,5002.7%401,800
199915,722,2002.7%412,700
200016,146,5002.7%424,300
200116,496,4002.17%349,900
200216,683,4001.13%187,000
200316,872,5001.13%189,100
200417,063,9001.13%191,400
200517,257,1001.13%193,200
200617,452,7001.13%195,600
200717,650,5001.13%197,800
200817,850,8001.13%200,300
200918,052,8001.13%202,000
201018,257,4001.13%204,600
201118,464,3001.13%206,900
201218,673,6001.13%209,300
201318,885,2001.13%211,600
201419,099,3001.13%214,100
201519,315,7001.13%216,400
201619,534,7001.13%219,000
201719,756,0001.13%221,300
201819,980,0001.13%224,000
201920,185,1001.03%205,100
202020,411,3001.12%226,200
202120,667,7001.26%256,400
202220,961,5001.42%293,800
202321,296,5001.6%335,000
202421,673,1001.77%376,600
202522,089,0001.92%415,900
202622,539,3002.04%450,300
202723,018,4002.13%479,100
202823,520,3002.18%501,900
202924,039,9002.21%519,600
203024,572,4002.22%532,500
203125,114,7002.21%542,300
203225,664,4002.19%549,700
203326,220,0002.16%555,600
203426,779,9002.14%559,900
203527,342,8002.1%562,900

Mumbai Population Data (Urban Area)

Name
2024 Pop.
2024 Growth
Delhi33,807,4002.63%
Mumbai21,673,1001.77%
Kolkata15,570,8001.55%
Bangalore14,008,3002.94%
Chennai12,053,7002.36%
Hyderabad11,068,9002.48%
Ahmedabad8,854,4402.36%
Surat8,330,5303.29%
Pune7,345,8502.5%
Jaipur4,308,5102.41%
Kozhikode4,243,9603.8%
Malappuram4,184,9204.39%
Lucknow4,038,2102.35%
Thrissur3,605,2403.53%
Kochi3,507,0502.97%
Indore3,393,3802.76%
Kanpur3,286,1401.61%
Nagpur3,106,3401.96%
Coimbatore3,083,7202.48%
Thiruvananthapuram2,984,1503.22%

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