India - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in India was 481,980,300 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 481,980,300 in 2020 and a minimum value of 80,756,170 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 80,756,170
1961 82,882,670
1962 85,456,480
1963 88,127,860
1964 90,901,310
1965 93,760,320
1966 96,712,770
1967 99,765,990
1968 102,933,000
1969 106,238,200
1970 109,705,500
1971 113,522,500
1972 118,082,700
1973 122,837,900
1974 127,793,800
1975 132,920,300
1976 138,219,100
1977 143,699,600
1978 149,379,800
1979 155,285,800
1980 161,444,100
1981 167,521,700
1982 173,152,700
1983 178,956,100
1984 184,906,500
1985 190,976,000
1986 197,165,600
1987 203,469,700
1988 209,894,800
1989 216,442,400
1990 223,096,300
1991 229,752,400
1992 236,274,300
1993 242,896,400
1994 249,629,400
1995 256,470,900
1996 263,440,900
1997 270,523,300
1998 277,707,300
1999 284,978,100
2000 292,322,800
2001 300,118,500
2002 308,796,500
2003 317,584,400
2004 326,495,100
2005 335,503,800
2006 344,622,700
2007 353,850,600
2008 363,154,600
2009 372,465,900
2010 381,763,200
2011 391,040,100
2012 400,416,900
2013 409,907,900
2014 419,567,400
2015 429,428,600
2016 439,501,300
2017 449,795,400
2018 460,304,200
2019 471,031,500
2020 481,980,300

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in India was 34.93 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 34.93 in 2020, while its lowest value was 17.92 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 17.92
1961 18.03
1962 18.22
1963 18.41
1964 18.60
1965 18.79
1966 18.98
1967 19.17
1968 19.37
1969 19.56
1970 19.76
1971 19.99
1972 20.32
1973 20.65
1974 20.99
1975 21.33
1976 21.68
1977 22.03
1978 22.38
1979 22.74
1980 23.10
1981 23.42
1982 23.65
1983 23.88
1984 24.11
1985 24.35
1986 24.59
1987 24.82
1988 25.06
1989 25.31
1990 25.55
1991 25.78
1992 25.98
1993 26.19
1994 26.40
1995 26.61
1996 26.82
1997 27.03
1998 27.24
1999 27.45
2000 27.67
2001 27.92
2002 28.24
2003 28.57
2004 28.90
2005 29.24
2006 29.57
2007 29.91
2008 30.25
2009 30.59
2010 30.93
2011 31.28
2012 31.63
2013 32.00
2014 32.38
2015 32.78
2016 33.18
2017 33.60
2018 34.03
2019 34.47
2020 34.93

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization