| Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 87) | |
| Date | 02 Jan 2024 |
As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of Chhattisgarh is projected to be 30,294,000 or 30.3 million or 3.03 crores as of July 1, 2023. Chhattisgarh is the 18th most populous state in india.
The size of the population of Chhattisgarh is equivalent to Madagascar, the 51th most populous country in the world.
In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in Chhattisgarh is 100.623 males per 100 females. There are 15,194,000 or 15.2 million or 1.52 cr males and 15,100,000 or 15.1 million or 1.51 cr females in Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh has 1,50,000 or 94 k more males than females.
Chhattisgarh accounts for 2.18 percent of the India population, that is highest since 1901. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 1.15% with addition of 343 k more people.
According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Chhattisgarh was 2.55 cr, increasing from 2.08 cr in 2001. There were 12,832,895 males and 12,712,303 females, with a sex ratio of 100.949 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 22.61%, 4.34% higher than 1991-2001 period. Population of Chhattisgarh had increased by 4.71 million during the decade 2001-2011.
Population of Chhattisgarh, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was around 4.18 million increased by approx 7.24 times in a period of 122 years to reach 30.3 million at 2023.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
| 2011 | 25,680,000 | 12,900,000 | 12,781,000 | - | - | 2.11 |
| 2012 | 26,086,000 | 13,100,000 | 12,986,000 | 406,000 | 1.581 | 2.12 |
| 2013 | 26,491,000 | 13,300,000 | 13,191,000 | 405,000 | 1.553 | 2.12 |
| 2014 | 26,896,000 | 13,500,000 | 13,396,000 | 405,000 | 1.529 | 2.13 |
| 2015 | 27,301,000 | 13,700,000 | 13,601,000 | 405,000 | 1.506 | 2.13 |
| 2016 | 27,700,000 | 13,898,000 | 13,802,000 | 399,000 | 1.461 | 2.14 |
| 2017 | 28,084,000 | 14,090,000 | 13,994,000 | 384,000 | 1.386 | 2.14 |
| 2018 | 28,468,000 | 14,282,000 | 14,186,000 | 384,000 | 1.367 | 2.15 |
| 2019 | 28,852,000 | 14,474,000 | 14,378,000 | 384,000 | 1.349 | 2.15 |
| 2020 | 29,237,000 | 14,666,000 | 14,570,000 | 385,000 | 1.334 | 2.16 |
| 2021 | 29,607,000 | 14,852,000 | 14,756,000 | 370,000 | 1.266 | 2.17 |
| 2022 | 29,951,000 | 15,023,000 | 14,928,000 | 344,000 | 1.162 | 2.17 |
| 2023 | 30,294,000 | 15,194,000 | 15,100,000 | 343,000 | 1.145 | 2.18 |
| 2024 | 30,638,000 | 15,365,000 | 15,273,000 | 344,000 | 1.136 | 2.18 |
| 2025 | 30,982,000 | 15,537,000 | 15,445,000 | 344,000 | 1.123 | 2.19 |
| 2026 | 31,311,000 | 15,701,000 | 15,610,000 | 329,000 | 1.062 | 2.19 |
| 2027 | 31,613,000 | 15,852,000 | 15,761,000 | 302,000 | 0.965 | 2.20 |
| 2028 | 31,915,000 | 16,002,000 | 15,912,000 | 302,000 | 0.955 | 2.20 |
| 2029 | 32,216,000 | 16,153,000 | 16,063,000 | 301,000 | 0.943 | 2.20 |
| 2030 | 32,518,000 | 16,304,000 | 16,214,000 | 302,000 | 0.937 | 2.21 |
| 2031 | 32,810,000 | 16,449,000 | 16,361,000 | 292,000 | 0.898 | 2.21 |
| 2032 | 33,082,000 | 16,583,000 | 16,499,000 | 272,000 | 0.829 | 2.22 |
| 2033 | 33,355,000 | 16,717,000 | 16,637,000 | 273,000 | 0.825 | 2.23 |
| 2034 | 33,627,000 | 16,852,000 | 16,775,000 | 272,000 | 0.815 | 2.23 |
| 2035 | 33,899,000 | 16,986,000 | 16,913,000 | 272,000 | 0.809 | 2.24 |
| 2036 | 34,172,000 | 17,120,000 | 17,051,000 | 273,000 | 0.805 | 2.24 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | India | ||
| 1901 | 4,181,554 | - | - | 1.75 |
| 1911 | 5,191,583 | 1,010,029 | 24.15 | 2.06 |
| 1921 | 5,264,976 | 73,393 | 1.41 | 2.09 |
| 1931 | 6,028,778 | 763,802 | 14.51 | 2.16 |
| 1941 | 6,814,886 | 786,108 | 13.04 | 2.14 |
| 1951 | 7,456,706 | 641,820 | 9.42 | 2.07 |
| 1961 | 9,154,498 | 1,697,792 | 22.77 | 2.08 |
| 1971 | 11,637,494 | 2,482,996 | 27.12 | 2.12 |
| 1981 | 14,010,337 | 2,372,843 | 20.39 | 2.05 |
| 1991 | 17,614,928 | 3,604,591 | 25.73 | 2.08 |
| 2001 | 20,833,803 | 3,218,875 | 18.27 | 2.03 |
| 2011 | 25,545,198 | 4,711,395 | 22.61 | 2.11 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 1,286,970 | 1,254,095 | 2,541,065 | 9.95 | 102.621 |
| 05-09 | 1,404,079 | 1,354,679 | 2,758,758 | 10.80 | 103.647 |
| 10-14 | 1,461,185 | 1,422,828 | 2,884,013 | 11.29 | 102.696 |
| 15-19 | 1,319,451 | 1,280,391 | 2,599,842 | 10.18 | 103.051 |
| 20-24 | 1,193,378 | 1,196,119 | 2,389,497 | 9.35 | 99.771 |
| 25-29 | 1,049,238 | 1,008,062 | 2,057,300 | 8.05 | 104.085 |
| 30-34 | 898,023 | 917,035 | 1,815,058 | 7.11 | 97.927 |
| 35-39 | 891,265 | 888,149 | 1,779,414 | 6.97 | 100.351 |
| 40-44 | 796,402 | 780,151 | 1,576,553 | 6.17 | 102.083 |
| 45-49 | 692,974 | 641,400 | 1,334,374 | 5.22 | 108.041 |
| 50-54 | 510,326 | 482,621 | 992,947 | 3.89 | 105.741 |
| 55-59 | 389,338 | 400,015 | 789,353 | 3.09 | 97.331 |
| 60-64 | 348,956 | 394,786 | 743,742 | 2.91 | 88.391 |
| 65-69 | 244,336 | 289,474 | 533,810 | 2.09 | 84.407 |
| 70-74 | 174,249 | 198,751 | 373,000 | 1.46 | 87.672 |
| 75-79 | 75,545 | 91,033 | 166,578 | 0.65 | 82.986 |
| 80-84 | 47,947 | 58,064 | 106,011 | 0.41 | 82.576 |
| 85-89 | 16,609 | 19,952 | 36,561 | 0.14 | 83.245 |
| 90-94 | 11,280 | 13,605 | 24,885 | 0.10 | 82.911 |
| 95-99 | 5,890 | 6,427 | 12,317 | 0.05 | 91.645 |
| 100+ | 3,347 | 3,658 | 7,005 | 0.03 | 91.498 |
| Age not stated | 12,107 | 11,008 | 23,115 | 0.09 | 109.984 |
| Total | 12,832,895 | 12,712,303 | 25,545,198 | 100.949 | |
| District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
| Koriya | 15 | 334,737 | 324,180 | 658,917 | 2.58 | 68.84 | 31.16 | 968 | 103.257 |
| Surguja | 4 | 1,193,129 | 1,166,757 | 2,359,886 | 9.24 | 89.71 | 10.29 | 978 | 102.260 |
| Jashpur | 11 | 424,747 | 426,922 | 851,669 | 3.33 | 91.08 | 8.92 | 1,005 | 99.491 |
| Raigarh | 7 | 750,278 | 743,706 | 1,493,984 | 5.85 | 83.51 | 16.49 | 991 | 100.884 |
| Korba | 9 | 612,915 | 593,725 | 1,206,640 | 4.72 | 63.01 | 36.99 | 969 | 103.232 |
| Janjgir - Champa | 5 | 815,717 | 803,990 | 1,619,707 | 6.34 | 86.10 | 13.90 | 986 | 101.459 |
| Bilaspur | 3 | 1,351,574 | 1,312,055 | 2,663,629 | 10.43 | 74.48 | 25.52 | 971 | 103.012 |
| Kabeerdham | 12 | 412,058 | 410,468 | 822,526 | 3.22 | 89.37 | 10.63 | 996 | 100.387 |
| Rajnandgaon | 6 | 762,855 | 774,278 | 1,537,133 | 6.02 | 82.27 | 17.73 | 1,015 | 98.525 |
| Durg | 2 | 1,682,101 | 1,661,771 | 3,343,872 | 13.09 | 61.58 | 38.42 | 988 | 101.223 |
| Raipur | 1 | 2,048,186 | 2,015,686 | 4,063,872 | 15.91 | 63.50 | 36.50 | 984 | 101.612 |
| Mahasamund | 10 | 511,967 | 520,787 | 1,032,754 | 4.04 | 88.37 | 11.63 | 1,017 | 98.306 |
| Dhamtari | 13 | 397,897 | 401,884 | 799,781 | 3.13 | 81.35 | 18.65 | 1,010 | 99.008 |
| Uttar Bastar Kanker | 14 | 373,338 | 375,603 | 748,941 | 2.93 | 89.75 | 10.25 | 1,006 | 99.397 |
| Bastar | 8 | 698,487 | 714,712 | 1,413,199 | 5.53 | 86.31 | 13.69 | 1,023 | 97.730 |
| Narayanpur | 18 | 70,104 | 69,716 | 139,820 | 0.55 | 84.19 | 15.81 | 994 | 100.557 |
| Dakshin Bastar Dantewada | 16 | 264,142 | 269,496 | 533,638 | 2.09 | 81.97 | 18.03 | 1,020 | 98.013 |
| Bijapur | 17 | 128,663 | 126,567 | 255,230 | 1.00 | 88.40 | 11.60 | 984 | 101.656 |