1661 : 10,000 inhabitants
1675 : 60,000
1864 : 816,562
1872 : 644,605
1881 : 773,196
1891 : 821,764
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
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)
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Growth of Mumbai
The following is a timeline of the growth of Mumbai’s population over the last four centuries
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