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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]
1668/1669 – East India Company leased the seven islands of Mumbai from Charles II; 1670 – First printing press imported to Mumbai by Parsi businessman Bhimjee Parikh; 1672 – Consecration of the first Tower of Silence and first Fire temple (Hirji Vachha Agiary, now defunct) 1675 – Population estimated to have risen to 60,000 from 100,000 ...
Latest population figures are based on data from the 2011 census of India. [6] During the decade of 2001–2011, India's annual population rising rate has slowed down from 2.15 to 1.76. [6] Based on decennial census data, Dadra and Nagar Haveli shows the highest growth rate of 55.5 percent.
Mumbai (/ m ʊ m ˈ b aɪ / muum-BY; ISO: Muṁbaī, Marathi: ⓘ), also known as Bombay (/ b ɒ m ˈ b eɪ / bom-BAY), 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]
[10] [11] In 2017 its population growth rate was 0.98%, ranking 112th in the world; in contrast, from 1972 to 1983, India's population grew by an annual rate of 2.3%. [ 12 ] In 2023, the median age of an Indian was 29.5 years, [ 13 ] compared to 39.8 for China and 49.5 for Japan; and, by 2030; India's dependency ratio will be just over 0.4. [ 14 ]
Nagaland recorded the lowest growth rate of -0.5 percent. [8] India has 641,000 inhabited villages and 72.2 percent of the total population reside in these rural areas. [8] Of them 145,000 villages have population size of 500–999 persons; 130,000 villages have population size of 1000–1999 and 128,000 villages have population size of 200–499.
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 .
Rank (2011) City District Population 2011 Population 2001 Population 1991 1 Mumbai: Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban: 12,442,373 11,978,450 9,925,891 2 Pune: Pune ...