List of Indian States by Population
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India, officially known as Republic of India, ranks second in the world in terms of population, next only to People’s Republic of China. As was revealed in Population Census of 2011, India has a total population of 1.21014569 billion. The country is home to almost 17.5% of the world’s population but occupies only 2.4% of the total area of the world.
Administratively, India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Below provided is the list of twenty-eight states of India along with their population and population rank within the country.
Indian States by Population
States
|
Population Rank
|
Population
(As per Census 2011)
|
% of India’s Total Population
|
| Andhra Pradesh |
5
|
84,665,533
|
7%
|
| Arunachal Pradesh |
26
|
1,382,611
|
0.11%
|
| Assam |
14
|
31,169,272
|
2.58%
|
| Bihar |
3
|
103,804,637
|
8.58%
|
| Chhattisgarh |
16
|
25,540,196
|
2.11%
|
| Goa |
25
|
1,457,723
|
0.12%
|
| Gujarat |
10
|
60,383,628
|
5%
|
| Haryana |
17
|
25,353,081
|
2.09%
|
| Himachal Pradesh |
20
|
6,856,509
|
0.57%
|
| Jammu & Kashmir |
18
|
12,548,926
|
1.04%
|
| Jharkhand |
13
|
32,966,238
|
2.72%
|
| Karnataka |
9
|
61,130,704
|
5.05%
|
| Kerala |
12
|
33,387,677
|
2.76%
|
| Madhya Pradesh |
6
|
72,597,565
|
6%
|
| Maharashtra |
2
|
112,372,972
|
9.28%
|
| Manipur |
23
|
2,721,756
|
0.22%
|
| Meghalaya |
22
|
2,964,007
|
0.24%
|
| Mizoram |
27
|
1,091,014
|
0.09%
|
| Nagaland |
24
|
1,980,602
|
0.16%
|
| Orissa (now Odisha) |
11
|
41,947,358
|
3.47%
|
| Punjab |
15
|
27,704,236
|
2.30%
|
| Rajasthan |
8
|
68,621,012
|
5.67%
|
| Sikkim |
28
|
607,688
|
0.05%
|
| Tamil Nadu |
7
|
72,138,958
|
5.96%
|
| Tripura |
21
|
3,671,032
|
0.30%
|
| Uttar Pradesh |
1
|
199,581,477
|
16.49%
|
| Uttarakhand |
19
|
10,116,752
|
0.84%
|
| West Bengal |
4
|
91,347,736
|
8.58%
|
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