Mumbai city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The Mumbai city is located in Maharashtra state of India.
The current estimate population of Mumbai city in 2025 is
18,203,000
, while Mumbai metro population is estimated at
26,912,000
. The last census was conducted in 2011 and the schedule census for Mumbai city in 2021 was postponed due to Covid. The current estimates of Mumbai city are based on past growth rate. Once govt conducts census for Mumbai city, we will update the same here in 2025.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Mumbai in 2011 is 12,442,373. Although Mumbai city has population of 12,442,373; its urban / metropolitan population is 18,394,912.
Mumbai Literacy Rate and Sex Ratio
In education section, total literates in Mumbai city are 10,084,507 of which 5,633,709 are males while 4,450,798 are females. Average literacy rate of Mumbai city is 89.73 percent of which male and female literacy was 92.56 and 86.39 percent.
The sex ratio of Mumbai city is 853 per 1000 males. Child sex ratio of girls is 913 per 1000 boys.
Mumbai Slum Population
Total no. of Slums in Mumbai city numbers 1,135,514 in which population of 5,206,473 resides. This is around 41.84% of total population of Mumbai city.
Mumbai Religion
Hinduism is majority religion in Mumbai city with 65.99 % followers.
Islam is second most popular religion in city of Mumbai with approximately 20.65 % following it.
In Mumbai city, Christinity is followed by 3.27 %, Jainism by 4.10 %, Sikhism by 0.49 % and Buddhism by 4.85 %. Around 0.40 % stated 'Other Religion', approximately 0.26 % stated 'No Particular Religion'.
Religion
Percentage
Total
Hindu
65.99 %
8,210,894
Muslims
20.65 %
2,568,961
Mumbai Future Population 2021-2031
Mumbai
City
Metropolitan
2011
12,442,373
18,394,912
2021
16,175,000
23,913,000
2022
16,660,000
24,630,000
2023
17,159,000
25,368,000
2024
17,673,000
26,129,000
2025
18,203,000
26,912,000
2026
18,749,000
27,719,000
2027
19,311,000
28,550,000
2028
19,890,000
29,406,000
2029
20,486,000
30,288,000
2030
21,100,000
31,196,000
2031
21,733,000
32,131,000
Mumbai City 2011
Total
Male
Female
City Population
12,442,373
6,715,931
5,726,442
Literates
10,084,507
5,633,709
4,450,798
Children (0-6)
1,203,770
629,262
574,508
Average Literacy (%)
89.73 %
92.56 %
86.39 %
Sexratio
853
Child Sexratio
913
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Mumbai city comes under Mumbai Metropolitan area.
Mumbai Metropolitan
Total
Male
Female
Population
18,394,912
9,872,271
8,522,641
Literates
14,854,433
8,242,697
6,611,736
Children (0-6)
1,849,894
968,584
881,310
Average Literacy (%)
89.78 %
92.58 %
86.53 %
Sexratio
863
Child Sexratio
910
Mumbai Metropolitan Areas
Ambernath, Badalapur, Greater Mumbai, Kalyan and Dombivali, Mira and Bhayander, Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Ulhasnagar
