Chennai has a population of 4,681,087, making it the 6th largest place we list in India. It is in Tamil Nadu.
Chennai holds 0.32% of India's 1,476,625,576 people. Mumbai, the largest place we list there, is 2.7 times its size.
4,681,087
population
#6
in India
Nearby in size
| Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | Karnataka | 8,495,492 |
| Hyderabad | Telangana | 6,993,262 |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 6,357,693 |
| Kolkata | West Bengal | 4,631,392 |
| Surat | Gujarat | 4,591,246 |
| Pune | Maharashtra | 3,124,458 |
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.