Goa Population 2024

February 19, 2024 by Babji

Goa is a state in western India, bounded by Arabian sea in the west, Maharashtra in the north, Karnataka to the south and west. Goa population in 2024 is estimated to be 1.59 million (15.9 Lakhs), By Aug 2023 Goa population is projected to be 15.75 Lakhs as per Unique Identification Aadhar India, updated 31, May 2023. As per NFHS 2019-2021 report, Total Fertility Rate of Goa State is 1.3 children per women compared to 1.7 in 2016. It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Goa is a former Portuguese province, the Portuguese overseas territory existed for about 450 years until it was annexed by India in 1961. It has an area of 3,702 sq km and state capital is Panaji, and largest city is Vasco da Gama, second largest is Margao.

Source Image: Catholics participating in Sao Joao Festival

Below is the recorded census of Goa since 1900, The population in 1900 was 475,513. From 1960 to 1970 the census recorded the spike of 35% due to huge migration from Karnataka and Maharashtra, and decreasing around 10% every decade from 1970 to 2011. Last census recorded the decrease of 7%, from 2001 to 2011(15.21 to 8.23%).

Census year	Persons	Absolute	Percentage	Males	Females
1900	475,513	-	-	227,393	248,120
1910	486,752	11,239	2.36	230,923	255,829
1921	469,494	-17258	-3.55	221,429	248,065
1931	505,281	35,787	7.62	241,936	263,345
1940	540,925	35,644	7.05	259,591	281,334
1950	547,448	6,523	1.21	257,267	290,181
1960	589,997	42,549	7.77	285,625	304,372
1971	795,120	205,123	34.77	401,362	393,758
1981	1,007,749	212,629	26.74	510,152	497,597
1991	1,169,793	162,044	16.08	594,790	575,003
2001	1,347,668	177,875	15.21	687,248	660,420
2011	1,458,545	110,877	8.23	739,140	719,405

Source: A-2 Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901

Population Pyramid

Source: 2011 Census: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Goa Population by Religion

Goa religion wise population, The major religion in Goa is Hindu, around 1 million people follow Hinduism, followed by Christianism with 25%(366,130), followed by Islam with 8.3%(121,564). Sikh, Jain and Buddhism represent less than 1% in the Goan State.

Religion	Persons	Percentage	Males	Females
Hindu	963,877	66.08	499,587	464,290
Muslim	121,564	8.33	63,814	57,750
Christian	366,130	25.10	171,964	194,166
Sikh	1,473	0.10	863	610
Buddhist	1,095	0.08	574	521
Jain	1,109	0.08	580	529
Others	258	0.02	143	115
Not Stated	3,039	0.21	1,615	1,424

Source: Details of Religion In Main Table C-1- 2011 (India & States/UTs)

Ethnic groups of Goa

Tribes	Population as per Census 2011
All Scheduled Tribes	149,275
Dhodia	273
Dubla (Halpati)	74
Naikda (Talavia)	382
Siddi (Nayaka)	183
Varli	118
Kunbi	4,486
Gawda	106,659
Velip	32,032
Generic Tribes etc.	5,068

Languages spoken in Goa

Konkani is the main language of Goa, widely spoken by 66% of the state population, but almost all Goan's speak and understand Konkani, followed by Marathi, Hindi with 10% each. Portuguese was the sole official language during Portuguese colonial rule.

Languages	Persons	Percentage	Rural	Urban
Konkani	964,305	66.1142	417,767	546,538
Marathi	158,787	10.8867	71,708	87,079
Hindi	150,017	10.2854	26,926	123,091
Kannada	67,923	4.6569	13,951	53,972
Urdu	41,242	2.8276	5,163	36,079
Malayalam	12,983	0.8901	1,778	11,205
Telugu	11,116	0.7621	2,323	8,793
Bengali	7,099	0.4867	1,283	5,816
Tamil	6,947	0.4763	1,284	5,663
Gujarati	6,846	0.4694	870	5,976
Odia	5,558	0.3811	1,344	4,214
Bhili	2,665	0.1827	1,966	699
Nepali	2,600	0.1783	618	1,982

Source: 2011 Census: Language and Mother Tongue

Disability

The disable people stats of Goa stats as per table below.

Type of disability	Total Persons	Cultivators	Agriculture labor	HHI	Other workers
Total disabled population	9,505	780	661	331	7,733
In Seeing	1,625	156	159	49	1,261
In Hearing	1,712	128	119	61	1,404
In Speech	2,246	161	113	75	1,897
In Movement	1,239	102	88	39	1,010
Mental Retardation	223	30	14	9	170
Mental Illness	183	21	16	2	144
Any Other	1,932	130	118	76	1,608
Multiple disability	345	52	34	20	239

Source: 2011 Census: Distribution of Disabled(India & States/UTs)

Goa Population projection

Goa population in 2023 is estimated to be 1.58 million, and population in 2022 is estimated to be 1.57 million (15.7 Lakhs), population in 2021 is estimated to be 1.59 Million (15.9 Lakhs), According to UID, population in 2020 is estimated to be 1.58 Million (15.8 Lakhs).

Income Distribution

Goa is a tourist state and has the highest GDP per capita among all Indian states, visited by large numbers of foreigners and domestic tourists every year for its white sand beaches, nightlife and for Portuguese churches. Baga, Calangute, Palolem, Anjuna and Candolim are the popular beaches of Goa.