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Population of Punjab

Source 2011 - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
2011-36 - Report of The Technical Group On Population Proiecttons (page no 84)
Date18 May 2024
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As per the report of the Technical Group by the National Commission, the population of Punjab is projected to be 30,992,000, or 30.99 million, or 3.10 crore, as of July 1, 2024. Punjab is the 16th most populous state in India. Punjab’s population is projected to reach 3.27 crore in 2036.

The size of the population of Punjab is equivalent to that of Madagascar, the 50th most populous country in the world.

In 2024, the sex ratio of the total population in Punjab will be 110.415 males per 100 females. There are 16,263,000, or 16.26 million, or 1.63 crore, males and 14,729,000, or 14.73 million, or 1.47 crore, females in Punjab. Punjab has 1,534,000, or 1.53 million, more males than females.

Punjab accounts for 2.21 percent of the Indian population, which is 0.95% less than the peak of 3.16% in 1901. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 0.64%, the 10th lowest among states. Punjab will add 196,000 more people in 2024.

According to the Census of India 2011, the population of the state of Punjab was 2.77 crore, increasing from 2.44 crore in 2001. There were 14,639,465 males and 13,103,873 females, with a sex ratio of 111.719 males per 100 females. The percentage of decadal growth during 2001–2011 was 13.89%, 6.21% less than the 1991–2001 period. The population of Punjab increased by 3.38 million during the decade 2001–2011.

The population of Punjab, which at the turn of the twentieth century was only around 7.5 million, increased by approximately 4.11 times in 124 years to reach 30.99 million in 2024. In 1901, Punjab was the 12th most populous state, but as of 2024, it has been surpassed by four states: Kerala, Jharkhand, Telangana, and Assam.

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Punjab Population (2011-2036)
Year Population Growth Share (%)
TotalMaleFemaleNet Changerate (%)India
201127,836,00014,687,00013,150,000--2.29
201228,116,00014,828,00013,288,000280,0001.0062.28
201328,395,00014,970,00013,425,000279,0000.9922.27
201428,674,00015,111,00013,563,000279,0000.9832.27
201528,954,00015,253,00013,701,000280,0000.9762.26
201629,220,00015,387,00013,833,000266,0000.9192.25
201729,460,00015,506,00013,953,000240,0000.8212.25
201829,699,00015,626,00014,074,000239,0000.8112.24
201929,939,00015,745,00014,194,000240,0000.8082.24
202030,179,00015,864,00014,315,000240,0000.8022.23
202130,404,00015,975,00014,429,000225,0000.7462.22
202230,600,00016,071,00014,529,000196,0000.6452.22
202330,796,00016,167,00014,629,000196,0000.6412.21
202430,992,00016,263,00014,729,000196,0000.6362.21
202531,188,00016,359,00014,829,000196,0000.6322.20
202631,370,00016,447,00014,922,000182,0000.5842.19
202731,523,00016,521,00015,002,000153,0000.4882.19
202831,677,00016,595,00015,082,000154,0000.4892.18
202931,831,00016,669,00015,162,000154,0000.4862.18
203031,984,00016,743,00015,241,000153,0000.4812.17
203132,125,00016,810,00015,315,000141,0000.4412.17
203232,239,00016,862,00015,377,000114,0000.3552.16
203332,353,00016,915,00015,439,000114,0000.3542.16
203432,468,00016,967,00015,500,000115,0000.3552.15
203532,582,00017,020,00015,562,000114,0000.3512.15
203632,696,00017,072,00015,624,000114,0000.3502.14
Punjab Population (1901-2011)
Year Population Growth Share (%)
Net Changerate (%)India
19017,544,790--3.16
19116,731,510-813,280-10.782.67
19217,152,811421,3016.262.85
19318,012,325859,51412.022.87
19419,600,2361,587,91119.823.01
19519,160,500-439,736-4.582.54
196111,135,0691,974,56921.562.54
197113,551,0602,415,99121.702.47
198116,788,9153,237,85523.892.46
199120,281,9693,493,05420.812.40
200124,358,9994,077,03020.102.37
201127,743,3383,384,33913.892.29
Punjab population by Age Group (2011)
Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 1,149,956 983,573 2,133,529 7.69 116.916
05-09 1,301,682 1,066,337 2,368,019 8.54 122.070
10-14 1,445,530 1,137,872 2,583,402 9.31 127.038
15-19 1,570,180 1,247,503 2,817,683 10.16 125.866
20-24 1,465,531 1,311,105 2,776,636 10.01 111.778
25-29 1,270,405 1,193,456 2,463,861 8.88 106.448
30-34 1,082,533 1,034,006 2,116,539 7.63 104.693
35-39 1,010,862 978,209 1,989,071 7.17 103.338
40-44 909,208 879,261 1,788,469 6.45 103.406
45-49 818,135 769,636 1,587,771 5.72 106.302
50-54 663,664 590,800 1,254,464 4.52 112.333
55-59 485,845 470,710 956,555 3.45 103.215
60-64 482,483 514,107 996,590 3.59 93.849
65-69 372,806 346,782 719,588 2.59 107.504
70-74 272,120 241,352 513,472 1.85 112.748
75-79 130,203 126,463 256,666 0.93 102.957
80-84 102,623 103,712 206,335 0.74 98.950
85-89 40,280 40,951 81,231 0.29 98.361
90-94 25,180 27,694 52,874 0.19 90.922
95-99 9,428 10,592 20,020 0.07 89.011
100+ 8,539 10,502 19,041 0.07 81.308
Age not stated 22,272 19,250 41,522 0.15 115.699
Total 14,639,465 13,103,873 27,743,338 111.719
  • Population pyramid
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Population of Punjab districts 2011
Rank District Population Rural (%) Urban (%) Sex ratio
MaleFemaleTotalShare (%)F per 1000 MM per 100 F
3Gurdaspur1,212,6171,085,7062,298,3238.2871.3128.69895111.689
14Kapurthala 426,311388,857815,1682.9465.3534.65912109.632
4Jalandhar1,145,2111,048,3792,193,5907.9147.0752.93915109.236
8Hoshiarpur809,057777,5681,586,6255.7278.8921.11961104.050
18Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 313,291299,019612,3102.2179.5220.48954104.773
19Fatehgarh Sahib320,795279,368600,1632.1669.0930.91871114.829
1Ludhiana1,867,8161,630,9233,498,73912.6140.8459.16873114.525
11Moga525,920469,826995,7463.5977.1822.82893111.939
5Firozpur1,071,637957,4372,029,0747.3172.7727.23893111.928
13Muktsar475,622426,274901,8963.2572.0427.96896111.577
17Faridkot326,671290,837617,5082.2364.8535.15890112.321
9Bathinda743,197645,3281,388,5255.0064.0535.95868115.166
15Mansa408,732361,019769,7512.7778.7521.25883113.216
6Patiala1,002,522893,1641,895,6866.8359.7440.26891112.244
2Amritsar 1,318,4081,172,2482,490,6568.9846.4253.58889112.468
10Tarn Taran589,369530,2581,119,6274.0487.3412.66900111.148
16Rupnagar357,485327,142684,6272.4774.0325.97915109.275
12Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar529,253465,375994,6283.5945.2454.76879113.726
7Sangrur878,029777,1401,655,1695.9768.8331.17885112.982
20Barnala317,522278,005595,5272.1567.9832.02876114.214
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