As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of Odisha is projected to be 46,373,000 or 46.4 million or 4.64 crores as of July 1, 2023. Odisha is the 11th most populous state in india. Odisha’s population is is projected to reach 4.91 cr in 2036.

The size of the population of Odisha is equivalent to Argentina, the 33th most populous country in the world. Only three country in South America, six countries in Europe, two country in North America and nine countries in Africa have more people than Odisha.

In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in Odisha is 101.193 males per 100 females. There are 23,324,000 or 23.3 million or 2.33 cr males and 23,049,000 or 23.0 million or 2.30 cr females in Odisha. Odisha has 275,000 or 275 k more males than females.

Odisha accounts for 3.33 percent of the India population, that is 1.18 % less than the peak level of 4.51 % in 1911. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 0.63 % with addition of 290 k more people.

According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Odisha was 4.20 cr, increasing from 3.68 cr in 2001. There were 21,212,136 males and 20,762,082 females, with a sex ratio of 102.168 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 14.05 %, 2.20 % higher than 1991-2001 period. Population of Odisha had increased by 5.17 million during the decade 2001-2011.

Population of Odisha, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was only around 10.3 million increased by approx 4.5 times in a period of 122 years to reach 46.4 million at 2023.

Odisha Population (2011-2036)

Year Population Growth Share (%)
TotalMaleFemaleNet Changerate (%)India
201142,107,00021,277,00020,830,000--3.46
201242,505,00021,470,00021,035,000398,0000.9453.45
201342,904,00021,664,00021,240,000399,0000.9393.44
201443,302,00021,857,00021,445,000398,0000.9283.42
201543,700,00022,050,00021,650,000398,0000.9193.41
201644,081,00022,234,00021,847,000381,0000.8723.40
201744,428,00022,399,00022,029,000347,0000.7873.39
201844,774,00022,564,00022,210,000346,0000.7793.38
201945,119,00022,728,00022,391,000345,0000.7713.37
202045,465,00022,893,00022,572,000346,0000.7673.36
202145,793,00023,049,00022,744,000328,0000.7213.35
202246,083,00023,187,00022,896,000290,0000.6333.34
202346,373,00023,324,00023,049,000290,0000.6293.33
202446,663,00023,462,00023,201,000290,0000.6253.32
202546,953,00023,600,00023,353,000290,0000.6213.31
202647,221,00023,726,00023,495,000268,0000.5713.30
202747,444,00023,829,00023,615,000223,0000.4723.29
202847,666,00023,931,00023,735,000222,0000.4683.29
202947,889,00024,034,00023,855,000223,0000.4683.28
203048,111,00024,136,00023,975,000222,0000.4643.27
203148,311,00024,227,00024,084,000200,0000.4163.26
203248,464,00024,294,00024,170,000153,0000.3173.25
203348,617,00024,362,00024,255,000153,0000.3163.24
203448,771,00024,430,00024,341,000154,0000.3173.23
203548,923,00024,497,00024,426,000152,0000.3123.23
203649,077,00024,565,00024,512,000154,0000.3153.22
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Odisha Population (1901-2011)

Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)to India
190110,302,917--4.32
191111,378,8751,075,95810.444.51
192111,158,586-220,289-1.944.44
193112,491,0561,332,47011.944.48
194113,767,9881,276,93210.224.32
195114,645,946877,9586.384.06
196117,548,8462,902,90019.824.00
197121,944,6154,395,76925.054.00
198126,370,2714,425,65620.173.86
199131,659,7365,289,46520.063.74
200136,804,6605,144,92416.253.58
201141,974,2185,169,55814.053.47

Odisha population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,878,127 1,774,902 3,653,029 8.70 105.816
05-09 2,085,339 1,989,429 4,074,768 9.71 104.821
10-14 2,203,535 2,145,090 4,348,625 10.36 102.725
15-19 1,972,684 1,952,714 3,925,398 9.35 101.023
20-24 1,870,939 1,912,588 3,783,527 9.01 97.822
25-29 1,772,876 1,801,161 3,574,037 8.51 98.430
30-34 1,542,233 1,560,758 3,102,991 7.39 98.813
35-39 1,528,685 1,522,503 3,051,188 7.27 100.406
40-44 1,387,920 1,303,554 2,691,474 6.41 106.472
45-49 1,212,366 1,121,664 2,334,030 5.56 108.086
50-54 957,524 890,288 1,847,812 4.40 107.552
55-59 744,291 739,429 1,483,720 3.53 100.658
60-64 737,635 736,426 1,474,061 3.51 100.164
65-69 487,849 491,676 979,525 2.33 99.222
70-74 380,635 387,435 768,070 1.83 98.245
75-79 183,294 181,506 364,800 0.87 100.985
80-84 121,629 115,184 236,813 0.56 105.595
85-89 43,817 37,635 81,452 0.19 116.426
90-94 22,234 22,842 45,076 0.11 97.338
95-99 9,256 9,106 18,362 0.04 101.647
100+ 7,921 8,368 16,289 0.04 94.658
Age not stated 61,347 57,824 119,171 0.28 106.093
Total 21,212,136 20,762,082 41,974,218 102.168
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Population of Odisha districts 2011

District Rank Population Rural (%) Urban (%) Sex ratio
MaleFemaleTotalShare (%)F per 1000 MM per 100 F
Bargarh13749,161732,0941,481,2553.5389.8710.13977102.331
Jharsuguda27296,690282,815579,5051.3860.1139.89953104.906
Sambalpur20526,877514,2221,041,0992.4870.4129.59976102.461
Debagarh30158,230154,290312,5200.7492.847.16975102.554
Sundargarh61,061,1471,032,2902,093,4374.9964.7435.26973102.795
Kendujhar8906,487895,2461,801,7334.2985.9514.05988101.256
Mayurbhanj31,256,2131,263,5252,519,7386.0092.347.661,00699.421
Baleshwar41,185,7871,134,7422,320,5295.5389.0810.92957104.498
Bhadrak12760,260746,0771,506,3373.5987.6612.34981101.901
Kendrapara 14717,814722,5471,440,3613.4394.205.801,00799.345
Jagatsinghapur 19577,865559,1061,136,9712.7189.8010.20968103.355
Cuttack21,352,7601,271,7102,624,4706.2571.9528.05940106.373
Jajapur 7926,034901,1581,827,1924.3592.617.39973102.760
Dhenkanal18612,593580,2181,192,8112.8490.159.85947105.580
Anugul 16655,718618,1031,273,8213.0383.7916.21943106.086
Nayagarh 22502,636460,153962,7892.2991.728.28915109.232
Khordha 51,167,1371,084,5362,251,6735.3651.8448.16929107.616
Puri9865,380833,3501,698,7304.0584.4015.60963103.844
Ganjam11,779,2181,749,8133,529,0318.4178.2421.76983101.680
Gajapati28282,882294,935577,8171.3887.7712.231,04395.913
Kandhamal23359,945373,165733,1101.7590.149.861,03796.457
Baudh29221,625219,537441,1621.0595.374.63991100.951
Subarnapur26311,312298,871610,1831.4591.828.18960104.163
Balangir10830,097818,9001,648,9973.9388.0311.97987101.367
Nuapada25301,962308,420610,3821.4594.425.581,02197.906
Kalahandi11787,101789,7681,576,8693.7692.267.741,00399.662
Rayagada 21471,960495,951967,9112.3184.8215.181,05195.163
Nabarangapur 17604,812616,1341,220,9462.9192.827.181,01998.162
Koraput15678,809700,8381,379,6473.2983.6116.391,03296.857
Malkangiri 24303,624309,568613,1921.4691.928.081,02098.080