World Bank · Urban
India: Population in the largest city
6.64percent · 2025+10.9% since 2015
Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area. Annual figures for India from 1960 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.635 | |
| 2024 | 6.586 | |
| 2023 | 6.532 | |
| 2022 | 6.473 | |
| 2021 | 6.402 | |
| 2020 | 6.328 | |
| 2019 | 6.259 | |
| 2018 | 6.192 | |
| 2017 | 6.118 | |
| 2016 | 6.05 | |
| 2015 | 5.984 | |
| 2014 | 5.92 | |
| 2013 | 5.862 | |
| 2012 | 5.809 | |
| 2011 | 5.758 | |
| 2010 | 5.722 | |
| 2009 | 5.691 | |
| 2008 | 5.659 | |
| 2007 | 5.625 | |
| 2006 | 5.594 | |
| 2005 | 5.564 | |
| 2004 | 5.536 | |
| 2003 | 5.51 | |
| 2002 | 5.483 | |
| 2001 | 5.485 | |
| 2000 | 5.52 | |
| 1999 | 5.525 | |
| 1998 | 5.529 | |
| 1997 | 5.532 | |
| 1996 | 5.536 | |
| 1995 | 5.541 | |
| 1994 | 5.546 | |
| 1993 | 5.553 | |
| 1992 | 5.564 | |
| 1991 | 5.577 | |
| 1990 | 5.584 | |
| 1989 | 5.588 | |
| 1988 | 5.591 | |
| 1987 | 5.595 | |
| 1986 | 5.601 | |
| 1985 | 5.609 | |
| 1984 | 5.622 | |
| 1983 | 5.638 | |
| 1982 | 5.658 | |
| 1981 | 5.684 | |
| 1980 | 5.693 | |
| 1979 | 5.727 | |
| 1978 | 5.833 | |
| 1977 | 5.951 | |
| 1976 | 6.083 | |
| 1975 | 6.22 | |
| 1974 | 6.36 | |
| 1973 | 6.493 | |
| 1972 | 6.615 | |
| 1971 | 6.717 | |
| 1970 | 6.81 | |
| 1969 | 6.901 | |
| 1968 | 6.984 | |
| 1967 | 7.066 | |
| 1966 | 7.145 | |
| 1965 | 7.22 | |
| 1964 | 7.299 | |
| 1963 | 7.378 | |
| 1962 | 7.451 | |
| 1961 | 7.519 | |
| 1960 | 7.563 |
Source
Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.
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- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
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- Brazil
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- Burkina Faso
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- Cameroon
- Canada
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- Chad
- Chile
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- Colombia
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
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- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Korea, Republic of
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
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- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
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- Uganda
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