Mumbai — UN urban centre
Mumbai: 20,203,056 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #12 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 7945; territory: India (IND). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 19.1225, 72.8833. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 8,338,773 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 9,784,903 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 11,203,457 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 12,791,412 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 14,384,595 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 15,952,862 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 16,839,794 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 17,674,045 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 18,336,779 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 19,327,767 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 20,203,056 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 21,114,847 | Projection |
| 2035 | 21,817,469 | Projection |
| 2040 | 22,373,022 | Projection |
| 2045 | 22,797,261 | Projection |
| 2050 | 23,059,150 | Projection |
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