| Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
| 2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 90) | |
| Date | 11 Feb 2024 |
As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of Uttarakhand is projected to be 11,676,000 or 11.7 million or 1.17 crores as of July 1, 2023. Uttarakhand is the 19th most populous state in india.
The size of the population of Uttarakhand is equivalent to Madagascar, the 82th most populous country in the world.
In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in Uttarakhand is 105.166 males per 100 females. There are 5,985,000 or 6.0 million or 60 lakhs males and 5,691,000 or 5.7 million or 57 lakhs females in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand has 294,000 or 294 k more males than females.
Uttarakhand accounts for 0.84 percent of the India population. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 1.03 % with addition of 119 k more people.
According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Uttarakhand was 1.01 cr, increasing from 85 lakhs in 2001. There were 5,137,773 males and 4,948,519 females, with a sex ratio of 103.824 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 18.81%, 1.6 % less than 1991-2001 period. Population of Uttarakhand had increased by 1.6 million during the decade 2001-2011.
Population of Uttarakhand, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was around 4.18 million increased by approx 5.9 times in a period of 122 years to reach 11.7 million at 2023.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
| 2011 | 10,131,000 | 5,162,000 | 4,969,000 | - | - | 0.83 |
| 2012 | 10,265,000 | 5,233,000 | 5,031,000 | 134,000 | 1.323 | 0.83 |
| 2013 | 10,398,000 | 5,305,000 | 5,093,000 | 133,000 | 1.296 | 0.83 |
| 2014 | 10,532,000 | 5,377,000 | 5,155,000 | 134,000 | 1.289 | 0.83 |
| 2015 | 10,666,000 | 5,449,000 | 5,217,000 | 134,000 | 1.272 | 0.83 |
| 2016 | 10,798,000 | 5,519,000 | 5,278,000 | 132,000 | 1.238 | 0.83 |
| 2017 | 10,927,000 | 5,588,000 | 5,339,000 | 129,000 | 1.195 | 0.83 |
| 2018 | 11,055,000 | 5,657,000 | 5,399,000 | 128,000 | 1.171 | 0.83 |
| 2019 | 11,184,000 | 5,725,000 | 5,459,000 | 129,000 | 1.167 | 0.84 |
| 2020 | 11,313,000 | 5,794,000 | 5,519,000 | 129,000 | 1.153 | 0.84 |
| 2021 | 11,439,000 | 5,860,000 | 5,578,000 | 126,000 | 1.114 | 0.84 |
| 2022 | 11,557,000 | 5,923,000 | 5,635,000 | 118,000 | 1.032 | 0.84 |
| 2023 | 11,676,000 | 5,985,000 | 5,691,000 | 119,000 | 1.030 | 0.84 |
| 2024 | 11,795,000 | 6,048,000 | 5,747,000 | 119,000 | 1.019 | 0.84 |
| 2025 | 11,913,000 | 6,110,000 | 5,803,000 | 118,000 | 1.000 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 12,028,000 | 6,170,000 | 5,858,000 | 115,000 | 0.965 | 0.84 |
| 2027 | 12,134,000 | 6,226,000 | 5,909,000 | 106,000 | 0.881 | 0.84 |
| 2028 | 12,241,000 | 6,281,000 | 5,960,000 | 107,000 | 0.882 | 0.84 |
| 2029 | 12,347,000 | 6,336,000 | 6,011,000 | 106,000 | 0.866 | 0.85 |
| 2030 | 12,454,000 | 6,392,000 | 6,062,000 | 107,000 | 0.867 | 0.85 |
| 2031 | 12,554,000 | 6,444,000 | 6,110,000 | 100,000 | 0.803 | 0.85 |
| 2032 | 12,644,000 | 6,492,000 | 6,153,000 | 90,000 | 0.717 | 0.85 |
| 2033 | 12,734,000 | 6,539,000 | 6,195,000 | 90,000 | 0.712 | 0.85 |
| 2034 | 12,824,000 | 6,586,000 | 6,238,000 | 90,000 | 0.707 | 0.85 |
| 2035 | 12,914,000 | 6,634,000 | 6,281,000 | 90,000 | 0.702 | 0.85 |
| 2036 | 13,004,000 | 6,681,000 | 6,323,000 | 90,000 | 0.697 | 0.85 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net Change | rate (%) | to India | ||
| 1901 | 1,979,866 | - | - | 0.83 |
| 1911 | 2,142,258 | 162,392 | 8.20 | 0.85 |
| 1921 | 2,115,984 | -26,274 | -1.23 | 0.84 |
| 1931 | 2,301,019 | 185,035 | 8.74 | 0.82 |
| 1941 | 2,614,540 | 313,521 | 13.63 | 0.82 |
| 1951 | 2,945,929 | 331,389 | 12.67 | 0.82 |
| 1961 | 3,610,938 | 665,009 | 22.57 | 0.82 |
| 1971 | 4,492,724 | 881,786 | 24.42 | 0.82 |
| 1981 | 5,725,972 | 1,233,248 | 27.45 | 0.84 |
| 1991 | 7,050,634 | 1,324,662 | 23.13 | 0.83 |
| 2001 | 8,489,349 | 1,438,715 | 20.41 | 0.83 |
| 2011 | 10,086,292 | 1,596,943 | 18.81 | 0.83 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 488,988 | 435,876 | 924,864 | 9.17 | 112.185 |
| 05-09 | 560,179 | 498,622 | 1,058,801 | 10.50 | 112.345 |
| 10-14 | 603,274 | 542,069 | 1,145,343 | 11.36 | 111.291 |
| 15-19 | 588,483 | 535,627 | 1,124,110 | 11.14 | 109.868 |
| 20-24 | 484,614 | 485,454 | 970,068 | 9.62 | 99.827 |
| 25-29 | 397,363 | 412,821 | 810,184 | 8.03 | 96.256 |
| 30-34 | 345,427 | 352,873 | 698,300 | 6.92 | 97.890 |
| 35-39 | 330,834 | 334,666 | 665,500 | 6.60 | 98.855 |
| 40-44 | 285,531 | 281,178 | 566,709 | 5.62 | 101.548 |
| 45-49 | 247,982 | 241,395 | 489,377 | 4.85 | 102.729 |
| 50-54 | 202,024 | 195,134 | 397,158 | 3.94 | 103.531 |
| 55-59 | 151,865 | 166,596 | 318,461 | 3.16 | 91.158 |
| 60-64 | 163,220 | 165,836 | 329,056 | 3.26 | 98.423 |
| 65-69 | 108,412 | 110,347 | 218,759 | 2.17 | 98.246 |
| 70-74 | 80,970 | 82,473 | 163,443 | 1.62 | 98.178 |
| 75-79 | 40,837 | 43,809 | 84,646 | 0.84 | 93.216 |
| 80-84 | 26,612 | 31,323 | 57,935 | 0.57 | 84.960 |
| 85-89 | 10,690 | 12,023 | 22,713 | 0.23 | 88.913 |
| 90-94 | 5,594 | 6,856 | 12,450 | 0.12 | 81.593 |
| 95-99 | 2,562 | 3,075 | 5,637 | 0.06 | 83.317 |
| 100+ | 3,000 | 3,170 | 6,170 | 0.06 | 94.637 |
| Age not stated | 9,312 | 7,296 | 16,608 | 0.16 | 127.632 |
| Total | 5,137,773 | 4,948,519 | 10,086,292 | 103.824 | |
| District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
| Uttarkashi | 10 | 168,597 | 161,489 | 330,086 | 3.27 | 92.64 | 7.36 | 958 | 104.402 |
| Chamoli | 9 | 193,991 | 197,614 | 391,605 | 3.88 | 84.83 | 15.17 | 1,019 | 98.167 |
| Rudraprayag | 13 | 114,589 | 127,696 | 242,285 | 2.40 | 95.90 | 4.10 | 1,114 | 89.736 |
| Tehri Garhwal | 7 | 297,986 | 320,945 | 618,931 | 6.14 | 88.67 | 11.33 | 1,077 | 92.846 |
| Dehradun | 2 | 892,199 | 804,495 | 1,696,694 | 16.82 | 44.48 | 55.52 | 902 | 110.902 |
| Garhwal | 5 | 326,829 | 360,442 | 687,271 | 6.81 | 83.60 | 16.40 | 1,103 | 90.675 |
| Pithoragarh | 8 | 239,306 | 244,133 | 483,439 | 4.79 | 85.60 | 14.40 | 1,020 | 98.023 |
| Bageshwar | 11 | 124,326 | 135,572 | 259,898 | 2.58 | 96.51 | 3.49 | 1,090 | 91.705 |
| Almora | 6 | 291,081 | 331,425 | 622,506 | 6.17 | 89.99 | 10.01 | 1,139 | 87.827 |
| Champawat | 12 | 131,125 | 128,523 | 259,648 | 2.57 | 85.23 | 14.77 | 980 | 102.025 |
| Nainital | 4 | 493,666 | 460,939 | 954,605 | 9.46 | 61.06 | 38.94 | 934 | 107.100 |
| Udham Singh Nagar | 3 | 858,783 | 790,119 | 1,648,902 | 16.35 | 64.42 | 35.58 | 920 | 108.690 |
| Hardwar | 1 | 1,005,295 | 885,127 | 1,890,422 | 18.74 | 63.34 | 36.66 | 880 | 113.576 |