Source | 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation |
2023 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 86) | |
Date | 15 Jan 2024 |
As per the report of The Technical Group by the National Commission, The population of West Bengal is projected to be 99,243,000 or 99.2 million or 9.92 crores as of July 1, 2023. West Bengal is the 4th most populous state in india. West Bengal’s population is projected to reach 10.3 cr in 2036.
The size of the population of West Bengal is equivalent to Viet Nam, the 16th most populous country in the world. Only one country in South America, and Europe, two countries in North America, and four countries in Africa have more people than West Bengal.
In 2023, the sex ratio of the total population in West Bengal is 104.029 males per 100 females. There are 50,602,000 or 50.6 million or 5.06 cr males and 48,642,000 or 48.6 million or 4.86 cr females in West Bengal. West Bengal has 1,960,000 or 1.96 mn more males than females.
West Bengal accounts for 7.13 percent of the India population, that is 0.95% less than the peak level of 8.08% in 1971. Population growth rate for 2023 is projected at 0.49 % with addition of 479 k more people.
According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of West Bengal was 9.13 cr, increasing from 8.02 cr in 2001. There were 46,809,027 males and 44,467,088 females, with a sex ratio of 105.267 males per 100 females. The percentage decadal growth during 2001-2011 was 13.84%, 3.93% lower than 1991-2001 period. Population of West Bengal had increased by 11.01 million during the decade 2001-2011.
Population of West Bengal, which at the turn of the twentieth century, was around 16.94 million increased by approx 5.83 times in a period of 122 years to reach 99.2 million at 2023.
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |||
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Total | Male | Female | Net Change | rate (%) | India | |
2011 | 91,530,000 | 46,932,000 | 44,597,000 | - | - | 7.53 |
2012 | 92,290,000 | 47,301,000 | 44,989,000 | 760,000 | 0.830 | 7.49 |
2013 | 93,051,000 | 47,671,000 | 45,380,000 | 761,000 | 0.825 | 7.45 |
2014 | 93,811,000 | 48,040,000 | 45,771,000 | 760,000 | 0.817 | 7.42 |
2015 | 94,572,000 | 48,409,000 | 46,162,000 | 761,000 | 0.811 | 7.39 |
2016 | 95,282,000 | 48,752,000 | 46,530,000 | 710,000 | 0.751 | 7.35 |
2017 | 95,891,000 | 49,040,000 | 46,852,000 | 609,000 | 0.639 | 7.32 |
2018 | 96,500,000 | 49,328,000 | 47,173,000 | 609,000 | 0.635 | 7.29 |
2019 | 97,109,000 | 49,616,000 | 47,494,000 | 609,000 | 0.631 | 7.25 |
2020 | 97,719,000 | 49,903,000 | 47,815,000 | 610,000 | 0.628 | 7.22 |
2021 | 98,285,000 | 50,168,000 | 48,117,000 | 566,000 | 0.579 | 7.19 |
2022 | 98,764,000 | 50,385,000 | 48,379,000 | 479,000 | 0.487 | 7.16 |
2023 | 99,243,000 | 50,602,000 | 48,642,000 | 479,000 | 0.485 | 7.13 |
2024 | 99,723,000 | 50,819,000 | 48,904,000 | 480,000 | 0.484 | 7.10 |
2025 | 100,202,000 | 51,035,000 | 49,167,000 | 479,000 | 0.480 | 7.07 |
2026 | 100,631,000 | 51,225,000 | 49,406,000 | 429,000 | 0.428 | 7.04 |
2027 | 100,960,000 | 51,361,000 | 49,600,000 | 329,000 | 0.327 | 7.01 |
2028 | 101,290,000 | 51,497,000 | 49,793,000 | 330,000 | 0.327 | 6.98 |
2029 | 101,619,000 | 51,632,000 | 49,986,000 | 329,000 | 0.325 | 6.95 |
2030 | 101,948,000 | 51,768,000 | 50,180,000 | 329,000 | 0.324 | 6.93 |
2031 | 102,218,000 | 51,873,000 | 50,345,000 | 270,000 | 0.265 | 6.90 |
2032 | 102,371,000 | 51,917,000 | 50,453,000 | 153,000 | 0.150 | 6.87 |
2033 | 102,524,000 | 51,962,000 | 50,562,000 | 153,000 | 0.149 | 6.84 |
2034 | 102,676,000 | 52,006,000 | 50,670,000 | 152,000 | 0.148 | 6.81 |
2035 | 102,829,000 | 52,051,000 | 50,779,000 | 153,000 | 0.149 | 6.78 |
2036 | 102,982,000 | 52,095,000 | 50,887,000 | 153,000 | 0.149 | 6.75 |
Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | |
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Net Change | rate (%) | to India | ||
1901 | 16,940,088 | - | - | 7.11 |
1911 | 17,998,769 | 1,058,681 | 6.25 | 7.14 |
1921 | 17,474,348 | -524,421 | -2.91 | 6.95 |
1931 | 18,897,036 | 1,422,688 | 8.14 | 6.77 |
1941 | 23,229,552 | 4,332,516 | 22.93 | 7.29 |
1951 | 26,299,980 | 3,070,428 | 13.22 | 7.28 |
1961 | 34,926,279 | 8,626,299 | 32.80 | 7.95 |
1971 | 44,312,011 | 9,385,732 | 26.87 | 8.08 |
1981 | 54,580,647 | 10,268,636 | 23.17 | 7.99 |
1991 | 68,077,965 | 13,497,318 | 24.73 | 8.04 |
2001 | 80,176,197 | 12,098,232 | 17.77 | 7.79 |
2011 | 91,276,115 | 11,099,918 | 13.84 | 7.54 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
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Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 3,743,862 | 3,589,281 | 7,333,143 | 8.03 | 104.307 |
05-09 | 4,216,763 | 4,031,046 | 8,247,809 | 9.04 | 104.607 |
10-14 | 4,677,506 | 4,479,017 | 9,156,523 | 10.03 | 104.432 |
15-19 | 4,702,325 | 4,355,706 | 9,058,031 | 9.92 | 107.958 |
20-24 | 4,422,630 | 4,335,692 | 8,758,322 | 9.60 | 102.005 |
25-29 | 4,044,904 | 3,953,005 | 7,997,909 | 8.76 | 102.325 |
30-34 | 3,464,659 | 3,376,931 | 6,841,590 | 7.50 | 102.598 |
35-39 | 3,523,361 | 3,489,285 | 7,012,646 | 7.68 | 100.977 |
40-44 | 3,219,604 | 2,933,456 | 6,153,060 | 6.74 | 109.755 |
45-49 | 2,814,212 | 2,521,507 | 5,335,719 | 5.85 | 111.608 |
50-54 | 2,317,232 | 1,940,648 | 4,257,880 | 4.66 | 119.405 |
55-59 | 1,746,903 | 1,521,747 | 3,268,650 | 3.58 | 114.796 |
60-64 | 1,406,401 | 1,339,053 | 2,745,454 | 3.01 | 105.030 |
65-69 | 991,280 | 991,713 | 1,982,993 | 2.17 | 99.956 |
70-74 | 686,881 | 703,726 | 1,390,607 | 1.52 | 97.606 |
75-79 | 360,216 | 379,551 | 739,767 | 0.81 | 94.906 |
80-84 | 207,192 | 238,611 | 445,803 | 0.49 | 86.833 |
85-89 | 92,037 | 105,008 | 197,045 | 0.22 | 87.648 |
90-94 | 53,823 | 70,239 | 124,062 | 0.14 | 76.628 |
95-99 | 25,628 | 31,837 | 57,465 | 0.06 | 80.498 |
100+ | 27,856 | 31,330 | 59,186 | 0.06 | 88.912 |
Age not stated | 63,752 | 48,699 | 112,451 | 0.12 | 130.910 |
Total | 46,809,027 | 44,467,088 | 91,276,115 | 105.267 |
District | Rank | Population | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | Sex ratio | ||||
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Male | Female | Total | Share (%) | F per 1000 M | M per 100 F | ||||
Darjiling | 18 | 937,259 | 909,564 | 1,846,823 | 2.02 | 60.58 | 39.42 | 970 | 103.045 |
Jalpaiguri | 12 | 1,983,064 | 1,889,782 | 3,872,846 | 4.24 | 72.62 | 27.38 | 953 | 104.936 |
Koch Bihar | 17 | 1,451,542 | 1,367,544 | 2,819,086 | 3.09 | 89.73 | 10.27 | 942 | 106.142 |
Uttar Dinajpur | 15 | 1,551,066 | 1,456,068 | 3,007,134 | 3.29 | 87.95 | 12.05 | 939 | 106.524 |
Dakshin Dinajpur | 19 | 857,199 | 819,077 | 1,676,276 | 1.84 | 85.90 | 14.10 | 956 | 104.654 |
Maldah | 11 | 2,051,541 | 1,937,304 | 3,988,845 | 4.37 | 86.42 | 13.58 | 944 | 105.897 |
Murshidabad | 4 | 3,627,564 | 3,476,243 | 7,103,807 | 7.78 | 80.28 | 19.72 | 958 | 104.353 |
Birbhum | 14 | 1,790,920 | 1,711,484 | 3,502,404 | 3.84 | 87.17 | 12.83 | 956 | 104.641 |
Barddhaman | 3 | 3,966,889 | 3,750,674 | 7,717,563 | 8.46 | 60.11 | 39.89 | 945 | 105.765 |
Nadia | 7 | 2,653,768 | 2,513,832 | 5,167,600 | 5.66 | 72.16 | 27.84 | 947 | 105.567 |
North Twenty Four Parganas | 1 | 5,119,389 | 4,890,392 | 10,009,781 | 10.97 | 42.73 | 57.27 | 955 | 104.683 |
Hugli | 6 | 2,814,653 | 2,704,492 | 5,519,145 | 6.05 | 61.43 | 38.57 | 961 | 104.073 |
Bankura | 13 | 1,838,095 | 1,758,579 | 3,596,674 | 3.94 | 91.67 | 8.33 | 957 | 104.522 |
Puruliya | 16 | 1,496,996 | 1,433,119 | 2,930,115 | 3.21 | 87.26 | 12.74 | 957 | 104.457 |
Haora | 9 | 2,500,819 | 2,349,210 | 4,850,029 | 5.31 | 36.62 | 63.38 | 939 | 106.454 |
Kolkata | 10 | 2,356,766 | 2,139,928 | 4,496,694 | 4.93 | 0.00 | 100.00 | 908 | 110.133 |
South Twenty Four Parganas | 2 | 4,173,778 | 3,988,183 | 8,161,961 | 8.94 | 74.42 | 25.58 | 956 | 104.654 |
Paschim Medinipur | 5 | 3,007,885 | 2,905,572 | 5,913,457 | 6.48 | 87.78 | 12.22 | 966 | 103.521 |
Purba Medinipur | 8 | 2,629,834 | 2,466,041 | 5,095,875 | 5.58 | 88.37 | 11.63 | 938 | 106.642 |