Levels of Urbanization in Bangalore Urban District of Karnataka, India
Table 1:
| Census Year | Total Population | Urban Population | Growth | Growth in % | Proportion of urban population to total | Rate of Urbanization |
| 1901 | 384601 | 170906 | - | - | 44.4 | - |
| 1911 | 416761 | 199089 | 28183 | 16.5 | 47.8 | 3.3 |
| 1921 | 468798 | 249019 | 49930 | 25.1 | 53.1 | 5.3 |
| 1931 | 580875 | 318086 | 69067 | 27.7 | 54.8 | 1.6 |
| 1941 | 729779 | 421256 | 103170 | 32.4 | 57.7 | 3.0 |
| 1951 | 1253542 | 799338 | 378082 | 89.8 | 63.8 | 6.0 |
| 1961 | 1499675 | 1221671 | 422333 | 52.8 | 81.5 | 17.7 |
| 1971 | 2197293 | 1681512 | 459841 | 37.6 | 76.5 | -4.9 |
| 1981 | 3495566 | 2941018 | 1259506 | 74.9 | 84.1 | 7.6 |
| 1991 | 4839162 | 4169253 | 1228235 | 41.8 | 86.2 | 2.0 |
| 2001 | 6537124 | 5759987 | 1590734 | 38.2 | 88.1 | 2.0 |
| 2011 | 9621551 | 8749944 | 2989957 | 51.9 | 90.9 | 2.8 |