Growth of Mumbai
# Growth of Mumbai

The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbais population over the last four centuries:

* 1661: 10000 inhabitants
* 1664: 15000
* 1673: 60000 (Fryer)
* 1675: 60000
* 1718: 16000 (Cobbe)
* 1744: 70000 (Niebuhr) (large influx of people during the busy season)
* 1764: 140000 (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 (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
