Population of Indian States
Rank State Population
2018 2011 difference
1 Uttar Pradesh 228,959,599 199,812,341 29,147,258
2 Maharashtra 120,837,347 112,374,333 8,463,014
3 Bihar 119,461,013 104,099,452 15,361,561
4 West Bengal 97,694,960 91,276,115 6,418,845
5 Madhya Pradesh 82,342,793 72,626,809 9,715,984
6 Rajasthan 78,230,816 68,548,437 9,682,379
7 Tamil Nadu 76,481,545 72,147,030 4,334,515
8 Karnataka 66,165,886 61,095,297 5,070,589
9 Gujarat 63,907,200 60,439,692 3,467,508
10 Andhra Pradesh 52,883,163 49,576,777 3,306,386
11 Odisha 45,429,399 41,974,218 3,455,181
12 Telangana 38,472,769 35,004,000 3,468,769
13 Jharkhand 37,329,128 32,988,134 4,340,994
14 Kerala 35,330,888 33,406,061 1,924,827
15 Assam 34,586,234 31,205,576 3,380,658
16 Punjab 29,611,935 27,743,338 1,868,597
17 Chhattisgarh 28,566,990 25,545,198 3,021,792
18 Haryana 27,388,008 25,351,462 2,036,546
NCT Delhi 18,345,784 16,787,941 1,557,843
19 Jammu & Kashmir 13,635,010 12,541,302 1,093,708
20 Uttarakhand 11,090,425 10,086,292 1,004,133
21 Himachal Pradesh 7,316,708 6,864,602 452,106
22 Tripura 4,057,847 3,673,917 383,930
23 Meghalaya 3,276,323 2,966,889 309,434
24 Manipur 3,008,546 2,855,794 152,752
25 Nagaland 2,189,297 1,978,502 210,795
26 Goa 1,542,750 1,458,545 84,205
27 Arunachal Pradesh 1,528,296 1,383,727 144,569
UT1 Puducherry 1,375,592 1,247,953 127,639
28 Mizoram 1,205,974 1,097,206 108,768
UT2 Chandigarh 1,126,705 1,055,450 71,255
29 Sikkim 671,720 610,577 61,143
UT3 A.& N.Islands 419,978 380,581 39,397
UT4 D.& N.Haveli 378,979 343,709 35,270
UT5 Daman & Diu 220,084 243,247 -23,163
UT6 Lakshadweep 71,218 64,473 6,745
India 1,335,140,907 1,210,854,977 124,285,930