CITY POPULATION
India is one of the most
populated countries in the world, next only to China.
Although India occupies only 2.4% of the total area
of the world, it supports over 15% of the world population,
as revealed by statistics. Each year India is adding
18 million people, roughly another Australia. By 2050,
U.N. demographers project that it will have another
530 million people for a total of more than 1,5 billion.
If India continues on the demographic path as projected,
it will overtake China by 2045, becoming the world's
most populous country.
About a quarter of India's
population is urban. Numerically that is about the whole
population of USA. At least 23 Indian cities have over
a million residents. Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai
are the four main cities of India. The first three cities
have over 10 million residents.
| Sl. No. |
City |
Population
(in millions) |
| 1 |
MUMBAI |
14.5 |
| 2 |
CALCUTTA |
12.0 |
| 3 |
DELHI |
10.1 |
| 4 |
CHENNAI |
5.7 |
| 5 |
HYDERABAD |
4.7 |
| 6 |
BANGALORE |
4.7 |
| 7 |
AHMEDABAD |
3.6 |
| 8 |
PUNE |
2.7 |
| 9 |
KANPUR |
2.3 |
| 10 |
LUCKNOW |
1.8 |
| 11 |
NAGPUR |
1.8 |
| 12 |
JAIPUR |
1.7 |
| 13 |
SURAT |
1.6 |
| 14 |
BHOPAL |
1.2 |
| 15 |
COIMBATORE |
1.2 |
| 16 |
INDORE |
1.2 |
| 17 |
MADURAI |
1.2 |
| 18 |
PATNA |
1.2 |
| 19 |
VADODARA |
1.2 |
| 20 |
VARANASI |
1.2 |
| 21 |
LUDHIANA |
1.1 |
| 22 |
VISAKHAPATNAM |
1.1 |
| 23 |
KOCHI |
1.1 |
| 
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