As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of Delhi is projected to be 21,490,000 or 21.5 million or 2.15 crores as of July 1, 2023. Delhi is the most populous UT in india.

The size of the population of Delhi is equivalent to Malawi, the 62th most populous country in the world.

In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in Delhi is 113.682 males per 100 females. There are 11,433,000 or 11.4 million or 1.14 cr males and 10,057,000 or 10.1 million or 1.01 cr females in Delhi. Delhi has 1,376,000 or 1.38 mn more males than females.

Delhi accounts for 1.54 percent of the India population, that is highest since 1901. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 1.87 % with addition of 394 k more people.

According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Delhi was 1.68 cr, increasing from 1.39 cr in 2001. There were 8,987,326 males and 7,800,615 females, with a sex ratio of 115.213 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 21.21 %, 25.81 % higher than 1991-2001 period. Population of Delhi had increased by 2.94 million during the decade 2001-2011.

Population of Delhi, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was around 4.18 million increased by approx 53 times in a period of 122 years to reach 21.5 million at 2023.

Delhi Population (2011-2036)

Year Population Growth Share (%)
TotalMaleFemaleNet Changerate (%)India
201116,914,0009,054,0007,860,000--1.39
201217,292,0009,252,0008,040,000378,0002.2351.40
201317,670,0009,451,0008,219,000378,0002.1861.42
201418,047,0009,649,0008,398,000377,0002.1341.43
201518,425,0009,848,0008,577,000378,0002.0951.44
201618,803,00010,046,0008,757,000378,0002.0521.45
201719,182,00010,242,0008,940,000379,0002.0161.46
201819,561,00010,439,0009,122,000379,0001.9761.48
201919,940,00010,635,0009,305,000379,0001.9381.49
202020,319,00010,832,0009,487,000379,0001.9011.50
202120,703,00011,030,0009,673,000384,0001.8901.51
202221,096,00011,231,0009,865,000393,0001.8981.53
202321,490,00011,433,00010,057,000394,0001.8681.54
202421,884,00011,634,00010,250,000394,0001.8331.56
202522,277,00011,835,00010,442,000393,0001.7961.57
202622,674,00012,037,00010,637,000397,0001.7821.59
202723,076,00012,240,00010,837,000402,0001.7731.60
202823,479,00012,443,00011,036,000403,0001.7461.62
202923,882,00012,645,00011,236,000403,0001.7161.63
203024,284,00012,848,00011,436,000402,0001.6831.65
203124,688,00013,051,00011,637,000404,0001.6641.67
203225,096,00013,255,00011,841,000408,0001.6531.68
203325,504,00013,459,00012,045,000408,0001.6261.70
203425,911,00013,662,00012,249,000407,0001.5961.72
203526,319,00013,866,00012,453,000408,0001.5751.74
203626,727,00014,070,00012,657,000408,0001.5501.75
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Delhi Population (1901-2011)

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to India
1901405,819--0.17
1911413,8518,0321.980.16
1921488,45274,60118.030.19
1931636,246147,79430.260.23
1941917,939281,69344.270.29
19511,744,072826,13390.000.48
19612,658,612914,54052.440.61
19714,065,6981,407,08652.930.74
19816,220,4062,154,70853.000.91
19919,420,6443,200,23851.451.11
200113,850,5074,429,86347.021.35
201116,787,9412,937,43421.211.39

Delhi population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 734,336 646,864 1,381,200 8.23 113.522
05-09 829,487 706,485 1,535,972 9.15 117.410
10-14 895,446 752,701 1,648,147 9.82 118.964
15-19 925,118 742,257 1,667,375 9.93 124.636
20-24 951,411 812,649 1,764,060 10.51 117.075
25-29 878,196 790,130 1,668,326 9.94 111.146
30-34 757,455 677,244 1,434,699 8.55 111.844
35-39 698,455 620,789 1,319,244 7.86 112.511
40-44 590,858 506,339 1,097,197 6.54 116.692
45-49 495,227 415,986 911,213 5.43 119.049
50-54 376,222 311,247 687,469 4.10 120.876
55-59 269,185 239,707 508,892 3.03 112.298
60-64 238,103 233,916 472,019 2.81 101.790
65-69 139,398 133,054 272,452 1.62 104.768
70-74 94,947 94,303 189,250 1.13 100.683
75-79 50,446 50,247 100,693 0.60 100.396
80-84 29,740 33,288 63,028 0.38 89.342
85-89 12,750 13,265 26,015 0.15 96.118
90-94 6,375 7,397 13,772 0.08 86.184
95-99 3,148 3,130 6,278 0.04 100.575
100+ 1,848 2,090 3,938 0.02 88.421
Age not stated 9,175 7,527 16,702 0.10 121.895
Total 8,987,326 7,800,615 16,787,941 115.213
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Population of Delhi districts 2011

District Rank Population Rural (%) Urban (%) Sex ratio
MaleFemaleTotalShare (%)F per 1000 MM per 100 F
North West11,960,9221,695,6173,656,53921.785.8594.15865115.647
North7475,002412,976887,9785.292.0098.00869115.019
North East51,188,4251,053,1992,241,62413.350.9699.04886112.840
East6907,500801,8461,709,34610.180.2199.79884113.176
New Delhi977,94264,062142,0040.850.00100.00822121.667
Central8307,821274,499582,3203.470.00100.00892112.139
West31,356,2401,187,0032,543,24315.150.2599.75875114.258
South West41,246,0461,046,9122,292,95813.666.2793.73840119.021
South21,467,4281,264,5012,731,92916.270.4599.55862116.048