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Raipur, 
India
1,478,688 people lived in Raipur in 2025. It is the 345th largest of the world's 12,138 cities, and the 55th largest in India.
That figure counts the whole built-up area, not the area Raipur governs, so it may be far from the number the city publishes about itself. How the UN measures a city.
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries
People · every five years · 1975 to 2050
How Raipur grew
For every 10 people in Raipur in 1975, there were 40.3 in 2025.
On the UN's projection it will have 1.6 million people in 2050. It passed a million people between 2005 and 2010.
projected (after 2025) · how sure the UN is: high moderate low
How to read this: one column every five years, 1975 to 2050; its height is the number of people. Hatched columns are the UN's projection. The thin strip beneath says how sure the UN is of each figure: the stronger the colour, the surer. A blank means the place was not on the UN's list of cities that year.
People · your family's years · 1975 to 2050
Raipur through your family’s years
Put in the years your family were born. You’ll see how many people lived in Raipur in each of those years, and when each of them turned 30.
India · every city · 2025
Where it is
How to read this: Raipur is the dot in colour with a ring around it. The grey dots are the other cities of India in 2025, 2,054 in all, led by New Delhi, each drawn with an area that matches its people. Countries next door are outlines only.
Area and built-up land · km²
How much land it covers
In 2025, Raipur covered 174 km², and buildings, roads and other built-up land covered 42 km² of it. That is 28 m² of built-up land for each person, about a square 5 by 5 metres. Since 1975, its built-up land has grown to 5.4 times its size, and its people are 4 times as many.
How to read this: each pale square is the city's whole area, the strong square inside it the part that is built on; one scale for all three, so a bigger square is more land. Hatched is the UN's projection.
Of every 100 people in India
Its share of India
Of every 1,000 people in India in 2025, 1 lived in Raipur, which is 1.5 million people.
How to read this: shrink India to 1,000 people and this is what you get. The coloured squares are the ones who would live in Raipur; the grey ones are everybody else, in other cities, in towns and out in the country.
Ranked by people · 2025
Cities of a similar size
In the world, 2025
- 341 Anyang China1,489,112
- 342 Moradabad1,484,611
- 343 Taizhou China1,483,994
- 344 Kigali Rwanda1,483,711
- 345 Raipur1,478,688
- 346 Cordoba Argentina1,460,491
- 347 Xiuying District China1,458,377
- 348 Mombasa Kenya1,456,207
- 349 Jilin City China1,448,955
In India, 2025
- 323 Vasai-Virar1,542,177
- 330 Gorakhpur1,519,206
- 332 Jodhpur1,515,910
- 342 Moradabad1,484,611
- 345 Raipur1,478,688
- 365 Durg1,393,235
- 369 Thrissur1,371,675
- 374 Vijayawada1,351,098
- 376 Tiruchirappalli1,349,040
How to read this: the number before each name is its place among all 12,138 cities in the world in 2025; bars are people, on one scale per list. Only cities that reach 300,000 people have a page here, so a gap in the numbers is a smaller city.
Apparatus
Sources and method
The figures for Raipur are the UN's own, at five-year steps: an estimate for each of 1975 to 2025, then projection to 2050. Projected years are drawn hatched, and the UN publishes no range of uncertainty for a city. What a city means here, how the UN measures one, and why that number can differ from the one Raipur publishes about itself: how the figures here are put together.
Sources: UN WUP 2025 · Natural Earth · flag-icons. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries