According to the 2011 census Ahmedabad district has a population of 7,045,314, roughly equal to Hong Kong or the US state of Washington. This gives it a ranking of 8th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 22.31%. Ahmedabad has a sex ratio of 903 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 86.65%.

It had a population of 5,816,519 of which 80.18% were urban as of 2001.

The language people speak in Ahmedabad is Gujarati which is the mother-tongue of the State of Gujarat, in addition to Hindi which is also quite popular among the people.

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