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Population of Maharashtra

Source 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
2011-36 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 88)
Date14 Feb 2025
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As per the report of the Technical Group by the National Commission, the population of Maharashtra is projected to be 128,659,000, or 128.66 million, or 12.87 crores, as of July 1, 2025. Maharashtra is the third-most populous state in India. Maharashtra’s population is projected to reach 13.7 crore in 2036.

The size of the population of Maharashtra is equivalent to that of Mexico, the 11th most populous country in the world. Only one country in South America and Europe and two in North America and Africa have more people than Maharashtra.

In 2025, the sex ratio of the total population in Maharashtra will be 108.483 males per 100 females. There are 66,947,000, or 66.95 million, or 6.70 crore, males and 61,712,000, or 61.71 million, or 6.17 crore, females in Maharashtra. Maharashtra has 5,235,000, or 5.24 million, more males than females.

Maharashtra accounts for 9.08 percent of the Indian population, 0.34% less than the peak of 9.42% in 2001. The population growth rate in 2025 is projected at 0.76%, the 11th lowest among states. Maharashtra will add 975k more people in 2025, the 4th highest among states.

According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Maharashtra was 11.2 crore, increasing from 9.69 crore in 2001. There were 58,243,056 males and 54,131,277 females, with a sex ratio of 107.596 males per 100 females. The percentage of decadal growth during 2001–2011 was 15.99%, 6.74% lower than the 1991–2001 period. The population of Maharashtra increased by 15.5 million during the decade 2001–2011.

The population of Maharashtra, which at the turn of the twentieth century was around 19.39 million, increased by approximately 6.63 times in 124 years to reach 128.66 million in 2025.

  • Population
  • Growth rate
  • Net change
Maharashtra Population (2011-2036)
Year Population Growth Share (%)
TotalMaleFemaleNet Changerate (%)India
2011112,798,00058,470,00054,328,000--9.27
2012114,068,00059,151,00054,917,0001,270,0001.1269.26
2013115,339,00059,833,00055,506,0001,271,0001.1149.24
2014116,609,00060,514,00056,095,0001,270,0001.1019.22
2015117,880,00061,195,00056,685,0001,271,0001.0909.21
2016119,107,00061,853,00057,255,0001,227,0001.0419.19
2017120,249,00062,463,00057,786,0001,142,0000.9599.18
2018121,391,00063,074,00058,318,0001,142,0000.9509.16
2019122,533,00063,684,00058,849,0001,142,0000.9419.15
2020123,676,00064,295,00059,381,0001,143,0000.9339.14
2021124,762,00064,875,00059,887,0001,086,0000.8789.13
2022125,736,00065,393,00060,343,000974,0000.7819.11
2023126,710,00065,911,00060,799,000974,0000.7759.10
2024127,684,00066,429,00061,256,000974,0000.7699.09
2025128,659,00066,947,00061,712,000975,0000.7649.08
2026129,584,00067,438,00062,146,000925,0000.7199.07
2027130,413,00067,877,00062,536,000829,0000.6409.06
2028131,241,00068,315,00062,926,000828,0000.6359.05
2029132,070,00068,753,00063,317,000829,0000.6329.04
2030132,899,00069,192,00063,707,000829,0000.6289.03
2031133,672,00069,599,00064,073,000773,0000.5829.02
2032134,334,00069,944,00064,391,000662,0000.4959.01
2033134,997,00070,289,00064,708,000663,0000.4949.01
2034135,659,00070,633,00065,026,000662,0000.4909.00
2035136,322,00070,978,00065,344,000663,0000.4898.99
2036136,985,00071,323,00065,662,000663,0000.4868.98
Maharashtra Population (1901-2011)
Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)India
190119,391,643--8.13
191121,474,5232,082,88010.748.52
192120,849,666-624,857-2.918.30
193123,959,3003,109,63414.918.59
194126,832,7582,873,45811.998.42
195132,002,5645,169,80619.278.86
196139,553,7187,551,15423.609.01
197150,412,23510,858,51727.459.20
198162,782,81812,370,58324.549.19
199178,937,18716,154,36925.739.33
200196,878,62717,941,44022.739.42
2011112,374,33315,495,70615.999.28
Maharashtra population by Age Group (2011)
Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 4,939,629 4,422,397 9,362,026 8.33 111.696
05-09 5,178,177 4,642,477 9,820,654 8.74 111.539
10-14 5,662,261 5,072,274 10,734,535 9.55 111.632
15-19 5,710,400 4,916,867 10,627,267 9.46 116.139
20-24 5,845,114 5,245,852 11,090,966 9.87 111.424
25-29 5,272,560 4,874,553 10,147,113 9.03 108.165
30-34 4,536,297 4,260,010 8,796,307 7.83 106.486
35-39 4,209,434 4,037,726 8,247,160 7.34 104.253
40-44 3,744,825 3,451,264 7,196,089 6.40 108.506
45-49 3,116,218 2,916,236 6,032,454 5.37 106.858
50-54 2,580,991 2,338,326 4,919,317 4.38 110.378
55-59 1,974,129 1,911,685 3,885,814 3.46 103.266
60-64 1,716,639 1,925,841 3,642,480 3.24 89.137
65-69 1,440,238 1,638,114 3,078,352 2.74 87.920
70-74 1,039,292 1,103,844 2,143,136 1.91 94.152
75-79 515,431 547,342 1,062,773 0.95 94.170
80-84 294,950 341,701 636,651 0.57 86.318
85-89 114,176 133,218 247,394 0.22 85.706
90-94 69,018 88,868 157,886 0.14 77.664
95-99 37,356 42,957 80,313 0.07 86.961
100+ 26,609 31,341 57,950 0.05 84.902
Age not stated 219,312 188,384 407,696 0.36 116.418
Total 58,243,056 54,131,277 112,374,333 107.596
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio
Population of Maharashtra districts 2011
Rank District Population Rural (%) Urban (%) Sex ratio
MaleFemaleTotalShare (%)F per 1000 MM per 100 F
27Nandurbar833,170815,1251,648,2951.4783.2916.71978102.214
22Dhule1,054,031996,8312,050,8621.8372.1627.84946105.738
8Jalgaon2,197,3652,032,5524,229,9173.7668.2631.74925108.109
18Buldana1,337,5601,248,6982,586,2582.3078.7821.22934107.116
25Akola932,334881,5721,813,9061.6160.3239.68946105.758
32Washim620,302576,8581,197,1601.0782.3417.66930107.531
14Amravati1,480,7681,407,6772,888,4452.5764.0935.91951105.192
30Wardha668,385632,3891,300,7741.1667.4632.54946105.692
5Nagpur2,384,9752,268,5954,653,5704.1431.6968.31951105.130
31Bhandara605,520594,8141,200,3341.0780.5219.48982101.800
29Gondiya661,554660,9531,322,5071.1882.9217.08999100.091
34Gadchiroli541,328531,6141,072,9420.9589.0011.00982101.827
21Chandrapur1,123,8341,080,4732,204,3071.9664.8235.18961104.013
16Yavatmal1,419,9651,352,3832,772,3482.4778.4221.58952104.997
11Nanded1,730,0751,631,2173,361,2922.9972.8127.19943106.060
33Hingoli606,294571,0511,177,3451.0584.8215.18942106.172
24Parbhani942,870893,2161,836,0861.6368.9731.03947105.559
23Jalna1,011,473947,5731,959,0461.7480.7319.27937106.744
10Aurangabad1,924,4691,776,8133,701,2823.2956.2343.77923108.310
4Nashik3,157,1862,950,0016,107,1875.4357.4742.53934107.023
1Thane5,865,0785,195,07011,060,1489.8423.0176.99886112.897
3Mumbai Suburban5,031,3234,325,6399,356,9628.330.00100.00860116.314
12Mumbai1,684,6081,400,8033,085,4112.750.00100.00832120.260
17Raigarh1,344,3451,289,8552,634,2002.3463.1736.83959104.225
2Pune4,924,1054,505,3039,429,4088.3939.0160.99915109.296
6Ahmadnagar2,342,8252,200,3344,543,1594.0479.9120.09939106.476
19Bid1,349,1061,235,9432,585,0492.3080.1019.90916109.156
20Latur1,273,1401,181,0562,454,1962.1874.5325.47928107.797
26Osmanabad861,535796,0411,657,5761.4883.0416.96924108.227
7Solapur2,227,8522,089,9044,317,7563.8467.6032.40938106.601
13Satara1,510,8421,492,8993,003,7412.6781.0118.99988101.202
28Ratnagiri761,121853,9481,615,0691.4483.6716.331,12289.130
35Sindhudurg417,332432,319849,6510.7687.4112.591,03696.533
9Kolhapur1,980,6581,895,3433,876,0013.4568.2731.73957104.501
15Sangli1,435,7281,386,4152,822,1432.5174.5125.49966103.557
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