Geography note. The source’s NCT of Delhi geographic unit is used. It is not a projection for the wider National Capital Region.
Newer evidence about daily life and work
These survey indicators describe different groups. A household percentage and a percentage of women aged 15+ cannot be combined as if they measured the same population.
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Measure and population group
Estimate
Period and source
Household internet access by state and union territoryAll households represented by CMS Telecom 2025
97.4%
January–March 2025; access at survey date Source table ↗ RSE: 1.14% of the estimated rate.
Personal mobile ownership among women aged 15+ by state and union territoryWomen aged 15 and above represented by CMS Telecom 2025
80.8%
January–March 2025; ownership at survey date Source table ↗
Female labour force participation in 22 selected states and UTsFemale population aged 15+, represented by PLFS; preceding-seven-day status
11%
April–June 2026; Current Weekly Status Source table ↗ RSE: 9.52% of the estimated rate.
CMS Telecom was designed for national estimates; published state/UT estimates need care with sample sizes and uncertainty. RSE is relative standard error, not a percentage-point confidence interval. The PLFS quarter publishes only a selected-state table; absent places are not imputed.
Official Table 8 ↗ · Table 8, NCT of Delhi, 2026 row, Persons/Male/Female; printed page 45 / PDF page 51. Values retain the source’s rounding.
Reading this population figure
Delhi has a projected population of 2,25,40,000 for 1 March 2026 in the government’s 2011–2036 series. This is a modelled figure published in July 2020, not a new enumeration or a live count.
Its projection ranks 19 among the 36 current state/UT units in this collection. Its share of the published national projection is 1.58%, calculated from the source values.
The projected 22,540,000 belongs to NCT of Delhi. A question about the larger National Capital Region needs a different geographic definition and cannot be answered by this row alone.
Aadhaar coverage · 30 June 2026
102.09% reported penetration; 2,30,10,175 estimated living holders. UIDAI uses recorded addresses and an estimated-deaths adjustment, with its own projection denominator.
Define the people or households relevant to the product before estimating demand. A population total does not establish category adoption, purchasing power or the area that a business can actually serve.
For Delhi, keep the projection’s date in your working sheet, document the eligible share and spending assumptions, and test how the answer changes. For a local outlet, define a city, district or travel-time catchment instead of using the whole state or union territory.
The historical NCT of Delhi profile records 1,67,87,941 people in Census 2011. Read it on its original boundaries; do not assume the old and new geographic units are identical.
Resident population, migrants, commuters and tourist visits describe different populations or activities. Use migration evidence to examine usual residence; use tourism releases for visits. Neither should simply be added to this projected population.
Table 8, NCT of Delhi, 2026 row, Persons/Male/Female; printed page 45 / PDF page 51. Values are converted from thousands in the source table. Source checked 11 October 2026.
PopulationIndia independently analyses and presents these figures. Government agencies remain the official publishers. The state/UT totals sum to 1,000 below the published national projection; both are retained as published.