Bengaluru / 2025 estimate
India’s population peaks
Every spike is a 250 m square. The taller and whiter it is, the more people live there.
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BengaluruPeople per km², 2025
People per km² · height and colour010k25k50k1 lakh2.2 lakh
Raising the peaks…
People in this frame1.59 croreAcross about 2,405 km², Yelahanka to Electronic City, Kengeri to Hoskote
Dense city311 km²Land above 10,000 people per km²
Densest square2.2 lakhPeople per km², near Majestic
Sources +
Population: Global Human Settlement Layer (GHS-POP R2023A), epoch 2025, from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.
A peer-reviewed dataset published under the EU’s Copernicus programme and used by the UN and the World Bank. It is a modelled estimate, not a headcount: Census of India totals are spread across buildings detected by satellite, so dense low-rise colonies can come out lower than they are.