Growth of Mumbai
Encyclopedia
The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai
' s population over the last four centuries:
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
- 1661: 10,000 inhabitants
- 1664: 15,000
- 1673: 60,000 (Fryer)
- 1675: 60,000
- 1718: 16,000 (Cobbe)
- 1744: 70,000 (Niebuhr) (large influx of people during the busy season)
- 1764: 140,000 (Niebuhr), According to Historical account pg 6, pop was 60,000
- 1780: 100,000 Materials etc. Part III, pg 525 -- Mahim 13,726
- 1812: 235,000 (Hall) Fixed 165,000, migratory 50,000, famine increase 20,000
- 1814: 180,000 (Warden)
- 1830: 229,000 Lagrange
- 1836: 236,000 "-do-
- 1864: 816,562
- 1872: 644,605 (census)
- 1881: 773,196 (census)
- 1891: 821,764 (census)
- 1901: 812,912 (Greater Bombay)
- 1911: 1,018,388
- 1921: 1,244,934
- 1931: 1,268,936
- 1941: 1,686,127
- 1951: 2,966,902
- 1961: 4,152,056
- 1971: 5,970,575
- 1981: 8,227,382
- 1991: 9,900,000 + 2,600,000 (ThanéThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
) = 12,500,000 (Greater Bombay) - 2001: 16,368,084 (Greater Mumbai, incl. ThanéThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
) - 2005: 18,366,088 (Greater Mumbai, incl. ThaneThaneThane , is a city in Maharashtra, India, part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, northeastern suburb of Mumbai at the head of the Thane Creek. It is the administrative headquarters of Thane district. On 16 April 1853, G.I.P...
)