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Growth of Mumbai
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The following is a timeline of the '''growth of [[Mumbai]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s population over the last four centuries:<br />
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* 1661: 10000 inhabitants<ref name="origins">{{cite book|last=D'Cunha|first=Jose Gerson|title=The Origins of Bombay|publisher=Asian Educational Services|date=1900|edition=3|pages=348|chapter=VI The Later British Period|isbn=81-206-0815-1}}</ref><br />
* 1664: 15000<ref name="origins"/><br />
* 1673: 60000<ref name="origins"/> (Fryer)<br />
* 1675: 60000<br />
* 1718: 16000<ref name="origins"/> (Cobbe)<br />
* 1744: 70000<ref name="origins"/> (Niebuhr) (large influx of people during the busy season)<br />
* 1764: 140000<ref name="origins"/> (Niebuhr), According to ''Historical account'' pg 6, pop was 60,000<br />
* 1780: 100,000<ref name="origins"/> ''Materials etc.'' Part III, pg 525 -- Mahim 13,726<br />
* 1812: 235,000<ref name="origins"/> (Hall) Fixed 165,000, migratory 50,000, famine increase 20,000<br />
* 1814: 180,000 (Warden)<br />
* 1830: 229,000<ref name="origins"/> Lagrange<br />
* 1836: 236,000 "-do-<br />
* 1864: 816,562<br />
* 1872: 644,605<ref name="origins"/> (census)<br />
* 1881: 773,196<ref name="origins"/> (census)<br />
* 1891: 821,764<ref name="origins"/> (census)<br />
* 1901: 812,912 (Greater Bombay)<br />
* 1911: 1,018,388<br />
* 1921: 1,244,934<br />
* 1931: 1,268,936<br />
* 1941: 1,686,127<br />
* 1951: 2,966,902 (0.1% of the world population)<br />
* 1961: 4,152,056<br />
* 1971: 5,970,575<br />
* 1981: 8,227,382<br />
* 1991: 9,900,000 + 2,600,000 ([[Thane|Thané]]) = 12,500,000 (Greater Bombay)<br />
* 2001: 16,368,084 (Greater Mumbai, incl. [[Thane|Thané]])<br />
* 2005: 18,366,089 Greater Mumbai, incl. [[Thane]])<br />
* 2011: 18,410,000<br />
* 2020: 20,411,274<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Housing in Mumbai]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Mumbai topics}}<br />
[[Category:History of Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Demographics of India|Mumbai]]</div>
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