Growth of Mumbai
The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai's population over the last four centuries:
- 1661: 10,000 inhabitants[1]
- 1664: 15,000[1]
- 1673: 60,000[1] (Fryer)
- 1675: 60,000
- 1718: 16,000[1] (Cobbe)
- 1744: 70,000[1] (Niebuhr) (large influx of people during the busy season)
- 1764: 140,000[1] (Niebuhr), According to Historical account pg 6, pop was 60,000
- 1780: 100,000[1] Materials etc. Part III, pg 525 -- Mahim 13,726
- 1812: 235,000[1] (Hall) Fixed 165,000, migratory 50,000, famine increase 20,000
- 1814: 180,000 (Warden)
- 1830: 229,000[1] Lagrange
- 1836: 236,000 "-do-
- 1864: 816,562
- 1872: 644,605[1] (census)
- 1881: 773,196[1] (census)
- 1891: 821,764[1] (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 (0.1% of the world population)
- 1961: 4,152,056
- 1971: 5,970,575
- 1981: 8,227,382
- 1991: 9,900,000 + 2,600,000 (Thané) = 12,500,000 (Greater Bombay)
- 2001: 16,368,084 (Greater Mumbai, incl. Thané)
- 2005: 18,366,088 (Greater Mumbai, incl. Thane)
See also
- Housing in Mumbai