Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 84) | |
Date | 11 Feb 2024 |
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.
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
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Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
2011 | 16,914,000 | 9,054,000 | 7,860,000 | - | - | 1.39 |
2012 | 17,292,000 | 9,252,000 | 8,040,000 | 378,000 | 2.235 | 1.40 |
2013 | 17,670,000 | 9,451,000 | 8,219,000 | 378,000 | 2.186 | 1.42 |
2014 | 18,047,000 | 9,649,000 | 8,398,000 | 377,000 | 2.134 | 1.43 |
2015 | 18,425,000 | 9,848,000 | 8,577,000 | 378,000 | 2.095 | 1.44 |
2016 | 18,803,000 | 10,046,000 | 8,757,000 | 378,000 | 2.052 | 1.45 |
2017 | 19,182,000 | 10,242,000 | 8,940,000 | 379,000 | 2.016 | 1.46 |
2018 | 19,561,000 | 10,439,000 | 9,122,000 | 379,000 | 1.976 | 1.48 |
2019 | 19,940,000 | 10,635,000 | 9,305,000 | 379,000 | 1.938 | 1.49 |
2020 | 20,319,000 | 10,832,000 | 9,487,000 | 379,000 | 1.901 | 1.50 |
2021 | 20,703,000 | 11,030,000 | 9,673,000 | 384,000 | 1.890 | 1.51 |
2022 | 21,096,000 | 11,231,000 | 9,865,000 | 393,000 | 1.898 | 1.53 |
2023 | 21,490,000 | 11,433,000 | 10,057,000 | 394,000 | 1.868 | 1.54 |
2024 | 21,884,000 | 11,634,000 | 10,250,000 | 394,000 | 1.833 | 1.56 |
2025 | 22,277,000 | 11,835,000 | 10,442,000 | 393,000 | 1.796 | 1.57 |
2026 | 22,674,000 | 12,037,000 | 10,637,000 | 397,000 | 1.782 | 1.59 |
2027 | 23,076,000 | 12,240,000 | 10,837,000 | 402,000 | 1.773 | 1.60 |
2028 | 23,479,000 | 12,443,000 | 11,036,000 | 403,000 | 1.746 | 1.62 |
2029 | 23,882,000 | 12,645,000 | 11,236,000 | 403,000 | 1.716 | 1.63 |
2030 | 24,284,000 | 12,848,000 | 11,436,000 | 402,000 | 1.683 | 1.65 |
2031 | 24,688,000 | 13,051,000 | 11,637,000 | 404,000 | 1.664 | 1.67 |
2032 | 25,096,000 | 13,255,000 | 11,841,000 | 408,000 | 1.653 | 1.68 |
2033 | 25,504,000 | 13,459,000 | 12,045,000 | 408,000 | 1.626 | 1.70 |
2034 | 25,911,000 | 13,662,000 | 12,249,000 | 407,000 | 1.596 | 1.72 |
2035 | 26,319,000 | 13,866,000 | 12,453,000 | 408,000 | 1.575 | 1.74 |
2036 | 26,727,000 | 14,070,000 | 12,657,000 | 408,000 | 1.550 | 1.75 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Change | rate (%) | to India | ||
1901 | 405,819 | - | - | 0.17 |
1911 | 413,851 | 8,032 | 1.98 | 0.16 |
1921 | 488,452 | 74,601 | 18.03 | 0.19 |
1931 | 636,246 | 147,794 | 30.26 | 0.23 |
1941 | 917,939 | 281,693 | 44.27 | 0.29 |
1951 | 1,744,072 | 826,133 | 90.00 | 0.48 |
1961 | 2,658,612 | 914,540 | 52.44 | 0.61 |
1971 | 4,065,698 | 1,407,086 | 52.93 | 0.74 |
1981 | 6,220,406 | 2,154,708 | 53.00 | 0.91 |
1991 | 9,420,644 | 3,200,238 | 51.45 | 1.11 |
2001 | 13,850,507 | 4,429,863 | 47.02 | 1.35 |
2011 | 16,787,941 | 2,937,434 | 21.21 | 1.39 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
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Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
North West | 1 | 1,960,922 | 1,695,617 | 3,656,539 | 21.78 | 5.85 | 94.15 | 865 | 115.647 |
North | 7 | 475,002 | 412,976 | 887,978 | 5.29 | 2.00 | 98.00 | 869 | 115.019 |
North East | 5 | 1,188,425 | 1,053,199 | 2,241,624 | 13.35 | 0.96 | 99.04 | 886 | 112.840 |
East | 6 | 907,500 | 801,846 | 1,709,346 | 10.18 | 0.21 | 99.79 | 884 | 113.176 |
New Delhi | 9 | 77,942 | 64,062 | 142,004 | 0.85 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 822 | 121.667 |
Central | 8 | 307,821 | 274,499 | 582,320 | 3.47 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 892 | 112.139 |
West | 3 | 1,356,240 | 1,187,003 | 2,543,243 | 15.15 | 0.25 | 99.75 | 875 | 114.258 |
South West | 4 | 1,246,046 | 1,046,912 | 2,292,958 | 13.66 | 6.27 | 93.73 | 840 | 119.021 |
South | 2 | 1,467,428 | 1,264,501 | 2,731,929 | 16.27 | 0.45 | 99.55 | 862 | 116.048 |