| Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 86) | |
| Date | 30 Apr 2024 |
As per the report of the Technical Group by the National Commission, the population of Assam is projected to be 36,159,000, or 36.16 million, or 3.62 crore, as of July 1, 2024. Assam is the 14th most populous state in India. It is the largest state in northeastern India in terms of population. Assam’s population is projected to reach 3.95 crore in 2036.
The size of the population of Assam is equivalent to that of Uzbekistan, the 43rd most populous country in the world.
In 2024, the sex ratio of the total population in Assam will be 103.472 males per 100 females. There are 18,388,000, or 18.39 million, or 1.84 crore, males and 17,771,000, or 17.77 million, or 1.78 crore, females in Assam. Assam has 617,000, or 617k, more males than females.
Assam accounts for 2.57 percent of the Indian population, which is 0.10% less than the peak level of 2.67% in 1971. The population growth rate for 2024 is projected at 0.94%, the 11th highest among states. Assam will add 335k more people in 2024.
According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Assam was 3.12 crore, increasing from 2.67 crore in 2001. There were 15,939,443 males and 15,266,133 females, with a sex ratio of 104.410 males per 100 females. The percentage of decadal growth during 2001–2011 was 17.07%, 1.85% less than the 1991–2001 period. The population of Assam increased by 4.55 million during the decade 2001–2011.
The population of Assam, which at the turn of the twentieth century was only around 3.3 million, increased by approximately 11 times in a period of 123 years to reach 36.16 million in 2024. In 1901, Assam was the 18th most populous state, but as of 2024, it has surpassed four states: Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
| 2011 | 31,336,000 | 16,004,000 | 15,332,000 | - | - | 2.58 |
| 2012 | 31,729,000 | 16,200,000 | 15,529,000 | 393,000 | 1.254 | 2.57 |
| 2013 | 32,121,000 | 16,395,000 | 15,727,000 | 392,000 | 1.235 | 2.57 |
| 2014 | 32,514,000 | 16,590,000 | 15,924,000 | 393,000 | 1.223 | 2.57 |
| 2015 | 32,906,000 | 16,785,000 | 16,122,000 | 392,000 | 1.206 | 2.57 |
| 2016 | 33,293,000 | 16,977,000 | 16,317,000 | 387,000 | 1.176 | 2.57 |
| 2017 | 33,668,000 | 17,162,000 | 16,506,000 | 375,000 | 1.126 | 2.57 |
| 2018 | 34,043,000 | 17,348,000 | 16,695,000 | 375,000 | 1.114 | 2.57 |
| 2019 | 34,418,000 | 17,534,000 | 16,885,000 | 375,000 | 1.102 | 2.57 |
| 2020 | 34,793,000 | 17,719,000 | 17,074,000 | 375,000 | 1.090 | 2.57 |
| 2021 | 35,155,000 | 17,897,000 | 17,257,000 | 362,000 | 1.040 | 2.57 |
| 2022 | 35,490,000 | 18,061,000 | 17,429,000 | 335,000 | 0.953 | 2.57 |
| 2023 | 35,824,000 | 18,225,000 | 17,600,000 | 334,000 | 0.941 | 2.57 |
| 2024 | 36,159,000 | 18,388,000 | 17,771,000 | 335,000 | 0.935 | 2.57 |
| 2025 | 36,493,000 | 18,552,000 | 17,942,000 | 334,000 | 0.924 | 2.57 |
| 2026 | 36,815,000 | 18,708,000 | 18,107,000 | 322,000 | 0.882 | 2.58 |
| 2027 | 37,111,000 | 18,850,000 | 18,261,000 | 296,000 | 0.804 | 2.58 |
| 2028 | 37,407,000 | 18,993,000 | 18,414,000 | 296,000 | 0.798 | 2.58 |
| 2029 | 37,703,000 | 19,135,000 | 18,568,000 | 296,000 | 0.791 | 2.58 |
| 2030 | 37,999,000 | 19,277,000 | 18,722,000 | 296,000 | 0.785 | 2.58 |
| 2031 | 38,276,000 | 19,410,000 | 18,867,000 | 277,000 | 0.729 | 2.58 |
| 2032 | 38,517,000 | 19,522,000 | 18,995,000 | 241,000 | 0.630 | 2.58 |
| 2033 | 38,758,000 | 19,635,000 | 19,123,000 | 241,000 | 0.626 | 2.59 |
| 2034 | 38,998,000 | 19,748,000 | 19,250,000 | 240,000 | 0.619 | 2.59 |
| 2035 | 39,239,000 | 19,860,000 | 19,378,000 | 241,000 | 0.618 | 2.59 |
| 2036 | 39,479,000 | 19,973,000 | 19,506,000 | 240,000 | 0.612 | 2.59 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to India | ||
| 1901 | 3,289,680 | - | - | 1.38 |
| 1911 | 3,848,617 | 558,937 | 16.99 | 1.53 |
| 1921 | 4,636,980 | 788,363 | 20.48 | 1.85 |
| 1931 | 5,560,371 | 923,391 | 19.91 | 1.99 |
| 1941 | 6,694,790 | 1,134,419 | 20.40 | 2.10 |
| 1951 | 8,028,856 | 1,334,066 | 19.93 | 2.22 |
| 1961 | 10,837,329 | 2,808,473 | 34.98 | 2.47 |
| 1971 | 14,625,152 | 3,787,823 | 34.95 | 2.67 |
| 1981 | 18,041,248 | 3,416,096 | 23.36 | 2.64 |
| 1991 | 22,414,322 | 4,373,074 | 24.24 | 2.65 |
| 2001 | 26,655,528 | 4,241,206 | 18.92 | 2.59 |
| 2011 | 31,205,576 | 4,550,048 | 17.07 | 2.58 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,634,922 | 1,577,911 | 3,212,833 | 10.30 | 103.613 |
| 05-09 | 1,806,346 | 1,737,993 | 3,544,339 | 11.36 | 103.933 |
| 10-14 | 1,789,381 | 1,702,346 | 3,491,727 | 11.19 | 105.113 |
| 15-19 | 1,595,489 | 1,473,092 | 3,068,581 | 9.83 | 108.309 |
| 20-24 | 1,415,580 | 1,493,825 | 2,909,405 | 9.32 | 94.762 |
| 25-29 | 1,393,042 | 1,422,105 | 2,815,147 | 9.02 | 97.956 |
| 30-34 | 1,174,247 | 1,155,813 | 2,330,060 | 7.47 | 101.595 |
| 35-39 | 1,153,679 | 1,106,794 | 2,260,473 | 7.24 | 104.236 |
| 40-44 | 965,463 | 865,743 | 1,831,206 | 5.87 | 111.518 |
| 45-49 | 846,081 | 749,168 | 1,595,249 | 5.11 | 112.936 |
| 50-54 | 642,260 | 550,103 | 1,192,363 | 3.82 | 116.753 |
| 55-59 | 458,242 | 398,583 | 856,825 | 2.75 | 114.968 |
| 60-64 | 394,563 | 381,135 | 775,698 | 2.49 | 103.523 |
| 65-69 | 253,973 | 249,669 | 503,642 | 1.61 | 101.724 |
| 70-74 | 196,445 | 188,832 | 385,277 | 1.23 | 104.032 |
| 75-79 | 96,599 | 87,753 | 184,352 | 0.59 | 110.081 |
| 80-84 | 59,832 | 61,792 | 121,624 | 0.39 | 96.828 |
| 85-89 | 23,458 | 22,974 | 46,432 | 0.15 | 102.107 |
| 90-94 | 15,847 | 17,799 | 33,646 | 0.11 | 89.033 |
| 95-99 | 8,721 | 7,930 | 16,651 | 0.05 | 109.975 |
| 100+ | 5,379 | 5,843 | 11,222 | 0.04 | 92.059 |
| Age not stated | 9,894 | 8,930 | 18,824 | 0.06 | 110.795 |
| Total | 15,939,443 | 15,266,133 | 31,205,576 | 104.410 | |
| District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
| Kokrajhar | 20 | 452,905 | 434,237 | 887,142 | 2.84 | 93.81 | 6.19 | 959 | 104.299 |
| Dhubri | 2 | 997,848 | 951,410 | 1,949,258 | 6.25 | 89.55 | 10.45 | 953 | 104.881 |
| Goalpara | 15 | 513,292 | 494,891 | 1,008,183 | 3.23 | 86.31 | 13.69 | 964 | 103.718 |
| Barpeta | 5 | 867,004 | 826,618 | 1,693,622 | 5.43 | 91.30 | 8.70 | 953 | 104.886 |
| Morigaon | 16 | 486,651 | 470,772 | 957,423 | 3.07 | 92.34 | 7.66 | 967 | 103.373 |
| Nagaon | 1 | 1,439,112 | 1,384,656 | 2,823,768 | 9.05 | 86.91 | 13.09 | 962 | 103.933 |
| Sonitpur | 3 | 983,904 | 940,206 | 1,924,110 | 6.17 | 90.96 | 9.04 | 956 | 104.648 |
| Lakhimpur | 14 | 529,674 | 512,463 | 1,042,137 | 3.34 | 91.24 | 8.76 | 968 | 103.358 |
| Dhemaji | 24 | 351,249 | 334,884 | 686,133 | 2.20 | 92.96 | 7.04 | 953 | 104.887 |
| Tinsukia | 7 | 680,231 | 647,698 | 1,327,929 | 4.26 | 80.06 | 19.94 | 952 | 105.023 |
| Dibrugarh | 8 | 676,434 | 649,901 | 1,326,335 | 4.25 | 81.62 | 18.38 | 961 | 104.083 |
| Sivasagar | 11 | 589,216 | 561,834 | 1,151,050 | 3.69 | 90.44 | 9.56 | 954 | 104.874 |
| Jorhat | 12 | 556,805 | 535,451 | 1,092,256 | 3.50 | 79.81 | 20.19 | 962 | 103.988 |
| Golaghat | 13 | 543,161 | 523,727 | 1,066,888 | 3.42 | 90.84 | 9.16 | 964 | 103.711 |
| Karbi Anglong | 17 | 490,167 | 466,146 | 956,313 | 3.06 | 88.19 | 11.81 | 951 | 105.153 |
| Dima Hasao | 27 | 110,802 | 103,300 | 214,102 | 0.69 | 70.81 | 29.19 | 932 | 107.262 |
| Cachar | 4 | 886,284 | 850,333 | 1,736,617 | 5.57 | 81.83 | 18.17 | 959 | 104.228 |
| Karimganj | 10 | 625,864 | 602,822 | 1,228,686 | 3.94 | 91.07 | 8.93 | 963 | 103.822 |
| Hailakandi | 25 | 337,890 | 321,406 | 659,296 | 2.11 | 92.70 | 7.30 | 951 | 105.129 |
| Bongaigaon | 23 | 375,818 | 362,986 | 738,804 | 2.37 | 85.14 | 14.86 | 966 | 103.535 |
| Chirang | 26 | 244,860 | 237,302 | 482,162 | 1.55 | 92.67 | 7.33 | 969 | 103.185 |
| Kamrup | 6 | 778,461 | 739,081 | 1,517,542 | 4.86 | 90.62 | 9.38 | 949 | 105.328 |
| Kamrup Metropolitan | 9 | 647,585 | 606,353 | 1,253,938 | 4.02 | 17.30 | 82.70 | 936 | 106.800 |
| Nalbari | 22 | 396,006 | 375,633 | 771,639 | 2.47 | 89.28 | 10.72 | 949 | 105.424 |
| Baksa | 18 | 481,330 | 468,745 | 950,075 | 3.04 | 98.71 | 1.29 | 974 | 102.685 |
| Darrang | 19 | 475,273 | 453,227 | 928,500 | 2.98 | 94.02 | 5.98 | 954 | 104.864 |
| Udalguri | 21 | 421,617 | 410,051 | 831,668 | 2.67 | 95.48 | 4.52 | 973 | 102.821 |