India - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in India was 31,181,380 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 31,181,380 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,910,210 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5,910,210
1961 6,051,559
1962 6,181,753
1963 6,314,748
1964 6,450,794
1965 6,589,384
1966 6,731,149
1967 6,875,964
1968 7,024,100
1969 7,175,007
1970 7,329,372
1971 7,487,766
1972 7,651,993
1973 7,819,355
1974 7,990,617
1975 8,165,629
1976 8,344,723
1977 8,527,237
1978 8,714,002
1979 8,904,858
1980 9,199,543
1981 9,513,848
1982 9,794,137
1983 10,082,680
1984 10,380,150
1985 10,685,530
1986 11,000,340
1987 11,324,420
1988 11,658,520
1989 12,001,510
1990 12,355,090
1991 12,708,730
1992 13,051,760
1993 13,403,080
1994 13,764,350
1995 14,135,360
1996 14,516,910
1997 14,907,660
1998 15,309,490
1999 15,722,150
2000 16,146,530
2001 16,496,410
2002 16,955,640
2003 17,515,510
2004 18,094,680
2005 18,691,330
2006 19,308,520
2007 19,946,080
2008 20,605,620
2009 21,285,060
2010 21,987,900
2011 22,713,930
2012 23,463,950
2013 24,238,720
2014 25,039,090
2015 25,865,880
2016 26,719,960
2017 27,602,260
2018 28,513,680
2019 29,399,140
2020 30,290,940
2021 31,181,380

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in India was 6.32 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 7.32 in 1960, while its lowest value was 5.49 in 2002.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 7.32
1961 7.30
1962 7.23
1963 7.17
1964 7.10
1965 7.03
1966 6.96
1967 6.89
1968 6.82
1969 6.75
1970 6.68
1971 6.60
1972 6.48
1973 6.37
1974 6.25
1975 6.14
1976 6.04
1977 5.93
1978 5.83
1979 5.73
1980 5.70
1981 5.68
1982 5.66
1983 5.63
1984 5.61
1985 5.60
1986 5.58
1987 5.57
1988 5.55
1989 5.54
1990 5.54
1991 5.53
1992 5.52
1993 5.52
1994 5.51
1995 5.51
1996 5.51
1997 5.51
1998 5.51
1999 5.52
2000 5.52
2001 5.50
2002 5.49
2003 5.52
2004 5.54
2005 5.57
2006 5.60
2007 5.64
2008 5.67
2009 5.71
2010 5.76
2011 5.81
2012 5.86
2013 5.91
2014 5.97
2015 6.02
2016 6.08
2017 6.14
2018 6.19
2019 6.24
2020 6.28
2021 6.32

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization