Growth of Mumbai

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The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai's population over the last four centuries:

1661: 10000 inhabitants^[1]
1664: 15000^[1]
1673: 60000^[1] (Fryer)
1675: 60000
1718: 16000^[1] (Cobbe)
1744: 70000^[1] (Niebuhr) (large influx of people during the busy season)
1764: 140000^[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: 18,366,089 Greater Mumbai, incl. Thane)
2011: 18,410,000
2020: 20,411,274

References[edit]

↑ ^1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "VI The Later British Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 348. ISBN 81-206-0815-1.

[origins-1] 1.00 ^1.01 ^1.02 ^1.03 ^1.04 ^1.05 ^1.06 ^1.07 ^1.08 ^1.09 ^1.10 ^1.11 D'Cunha, Jose Gerson (1900). "VI The Later British Period". The Origins of Bombay (3 ed.). Asian Educational Services. p. 348. ISBN 81-206-0815-1.

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