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The city was capital of Bombay state before the formation of state of Maharashtra. It became financial centre of India and attracted people from all across India which resulted in booming population growth of the city.The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai's population over the last four centuries: 1661: 10000 inhabitants [1]
Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra and often described as the New York of India or Manhattan of India, [18] is the financial capital and the most populous city of India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [19]
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore). [20]
The district has a population density of 19,652 inhabitants per square kilometre (50,900/sq mi) . [1] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was -7.57%. [1] Mumbai City has a sex ratio of 832 females for every 1000 males, [1] and a literacy rate of 89.21%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 7.13% and 0.81% of the ...
Wockhardt Headquarters Essar Group Headquarters ICICI Bank at Bandra Kurla Complex. Mumbai is one of the top ten largest trading centres in the world in terms of global financial flows, generating ca. 6.16% of the Indian GDP and accounting for 25% of industrial production, 70% of Indian maritime trade and 70% of capital transactions to the Indian economy.
In 2018, Mumbai accommodated 22.1 million people, and was the second-largest metropolis by population in India. Delhi has 28 million inhabitants and witnessed the fastest rate of urbanization in the world, with a 4.1% rise in population as per the 2011 census of India .
This year, international migration accounted for 84% of the population growth between 2023 and 2024, with 2.8 million people moving to the U.S. both legally and illegally.
The region has an area of 6,328 square kilometres (2,443 sq mi) [8] and with a population of over 26 million it is among the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. [9] Developing over a period of about 20 years, it consists of nine municipal corporations and eight smaller municipal councils.