Punjab · Population

Question: What is the population of Punjab? Answer: Punjab, India (capital: Chandīgarh) - last known population is ≈ 27 743 300 (year 2011). This was 2.224% of total India population. In this year, Punjab population density was 550.9 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2001-2011 (+1.31%/year), Punjab population in 2024 would be: 32 855 477*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1981-1991] +1.91 %/year
[1991-2001] +1.85 %/year
[2001-2011] +1.31 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 31.1471305, 75.3412179

Punjab on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1981c, 1991c, 2001c, 2011c. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India
• Population Census 2011
• United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2014). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, CD-ROM Edition. y: 1971, 1982
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).