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Goa population.
2026 projection and research context.

A dated population baseline for researchers, market planners and curious readers, with links to the original evidence.

Government projection · 1 March 202615.99 lakh15,99,000 projected peopleOfficial Table 8 · published July 2020 ↗
Geography note. State geography used by the July 2020 projection report.

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 groupEstimatePeriod and source
Household internet access by state and union territoryAll households represented by CMS Telecom 202590.8%January–March 2025; access at survey date
Source table ↗ RSE: 5.35% of the estimated rate.
Personal mobile ownership among women aged 15+ by state and union territoryWomen aged 15 and above represented by CMS Telecom 202591.9%January–March 2025; ownership at survey date
Source table ↗

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.

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Population projection by sex

ReferencePeopleMalesFemales
1 March 2026 · government projection15,99,0008,04,0007,94,000

Official Table 8 · Table 8, Goa, 2026 row, Persons/Male/Female; printed page 54 / PDF page 60. Values retain the source’s rounding. The published male and female values sum to 1,000 fewer people than the Persons value. All three values are retained as printed in thousands. The same report’s Table 21 (printed page 260 / PDF page 266) gives 1,598,000 for Goa in 2026, while Table 8 gives 1,599,000. This profile uses Table 8 consistently and flags the discrepancy.

Reading this population figure

Goa has a projected population of 15,99,000 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 29 among the 36 current state/UT units in this collection. Its share of the published national projection is 0.11%, calculated from the source values.

Goa has an internal source discrepancy: Table 8 projects 1,599,000 people for 2026, while Table 21 prints 1,598,000. This profile retains the requested Table 8 value and exposes both figures so the difference remains visible.

The published male and female values sum to 1,000 fewer people than the Persons value. All three values are retained as printed in thousands.

The same report’s Table 21 (printed page 260 / PDF page 266) gives 1,598,000 for Goa in 2026, while Table 8 gives 1,599,000. This profile uses Table 8 consistently and flags the discrepancy.

Aadhaar coverage · 30 June 2026

102.26% reported penetration; 16,35,187 estimated living holders. UIDAI uses recorded addresses and an estimated-deaths adjustment, with its own projection denominator.

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Using it to size a market

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 Goa, 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.

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The Census 2011 reference

The historical Goa profile records 14,58,545 people in Census 2011. Read it on its original boundaries; do not assume the old and new geographic units are identical.

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Migration, visitors and household context

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.

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Original source and scope

Population Projections for India and States 2011–2036: Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections

Table 8, Goa, 2026 row, Persons/Male/Female; printed page 54 / PDF page 60. 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.