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UK population trends, 2001–2024

How the population of every UK local authority has changed over 23 years of official mid-year estimates. Updated each year when new ONS figures are published.

Fastest growing

#	Local authority	Nation	2001	2024	Change
1	City of London	England	7,359	15,111	+105.3%
2	Tower Hamlets	England	201,090	331,886	+65.0%
3	Newham	England	249,411	374,523	+50.2%
4	Dartford	England	85,956	125,011	+45.4%
5	Milton Keynes	England	212,707	305,884	+43.8%
6	South Derbyshire	England	81,738	117,493	+43.7%
7	Peterborough	England	157,439	223,655	+42.1%
8	Barking and Dagenham	England	165,654	232,747	+40.5%
9	Rugby	England	87,520	122,378	+39.8%
10	Manchester	England	422,915	589,670	+39.4%
11	Slough	England	120,577	167,359	+38.8%
12	Hounslow	England	215,976	299,424	+38.6%
13	Uttlesford	England	68,969	95,106	+37.9%
14	Greenwich	England	217,460	299,528	+37.7%
15	Leicester	England	282,757	388,348	+37.3%
16	Ashford	England	103,024	140,936	+36.8%
17	Harborough	England	76,818	104,713	+36.3%
18	Cambridge	England	109,941	149,352	+35.8%
19	Salford	England	216,978	294,348	+35.7%
20	Swindon	England	180,129	243,875	+35.4%

Shrinking

Only 10 of 361 UK local authorities have fewer residents than in 2001.

#	Local authority	Nation	2001	2024	Change
1	Kensington and Chelsea	England	162,199	144,518	-10.9%
2	Inverclyde	Scotland	84,150	78,880	-6.3%
3	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	93,320	89,120	-4.5%
4	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	91,300	87,690	-4.0%
5	Ceredigion	Wales	75,417	72,599	-3.7%
6	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	70,000	67,873	-3.0%
7	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	26,450	26,020	-1.6%
8	North Ayrshire	Scotland	135,820	134,010	-1.3%
9	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	147,780	145,860	-1.3%
10	South Tyneside	England	152,793	151,393	-0.9%

Every local authority

15,111 · +105.3%

331,886 · +65.0%

374,523 · +50.2%

125,011 · +45.4%

305,884 · +43.8%

South Derbyshire

117,493 · +43.7%

223,655 · +42.1%

Barking and Dagenham

232,747 · +40.5%

122,378 · +39.8%

589,670 · +39.4%

167,359 · +38.8%

299,424 · +38.6%

95,106 · +37.9%

299,528 · +37.7%

388,348 · +37.3%

140,936 · +36.8%

104,713 · +36.3%

149,352 · +35.8%

294,348 · +35.7%

243,875 · +35.4%

Central Bedfordshire

315,877 · +35.0%

187,767 · +35.0%

329,185 · +34.0%

148,448 · +33.9%

107,171 · +33.3%

101,949 · +33.2%

321,231 · +32.8%

South Cambridgeshire

172,544 · +32.2%

194,976 · +31.6%

North Northamptonshire

373,871 · +31.1%

Stratford-on-Avon

146,258 · +31.1%

352,976 · +30.9%

North West Leicestershire

111,881 · +30.6%

122,468 · +29.8%

99,298 · +29.4%

170,426 · +29.1%

Vale of White Horse

149,347 · +29.0%

270,724 · +28.9%

266,758 · +28.7%

158,379 · +28.6%

239,090 · +28.6%

200,222 · +28.3%

152,718 · +28.2%

115,180 · +27.7%

71,080 · +27.4%

110,775 · +27.3%

West Northamptonshire

439,811 · +27.2%

Tonbridge and Malling

136,853 · +27.0%

161,755 · +27.0%

405,050 · +26.8%

Bristol, City of

494,399 · +26.8%

East Cambridgeshire

92,906 · +26.6%

135,632 · +26.4%

182,907 · +26.4%

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

222,511 · +26.4%

West Oxfordshire

120,941 · +26.4%

Basingstoke and Deane

193,110 · +26.3%

180,989 · +26.3%

138,598 · +26.1%

279,737 · +26.0%

Welwyn Hatfield

122,819 · +25.9%

158,239 · +25.9%

Reigate and Banstead

159,134 · +25.6%

385,985 · +25.6%

104,896 · +25.3%

162,864 · +24.9%

East Staffordshire

129,659 · +24.7%

98,235 · +24.7%

99,208 · +24.6%

South Gloucestershire

306,332 · +24.5%

187,200 · +24.5%

138,399 · +24.5%

353,860 · +24.3%

223,024 · +24.3%

337,655 · +24.3%

Epsom and Ewell

83,288 · +24.2%

164,304 · +24.0%

151,521 · +23.9%

383,919 · +23.8%

Telford and Wrekin

195,952 · +23.6%

124,008 · +23.5%

103,162 · +23.4%

99,880 · +23.4%

331,077 · +23.1%

135,201 · +22.9%

142,933 · +22.9%

276,274 · +22.9%

154,889 · +22.8%

105,114 · +22.8%

188,385 · +22.7%

314,786 · +22.6%

166,034 · +22.5%

409,342 · +22.2%

138,017 · +22.1%

188,485 · +22.0%

167,899 · +22.0%

South Oxfordshire

156,470 · +21.9%

369,026 · +21.9%

Lisburn and Castlereagh

151,669 · +21.7%

65,794 · +21.7%

84,993 · +21.6%

East Hertfordshire

156,875 · +21.5%

Huntingdonshire

190,619 · +21.3%

128,934 · +21.1%

523,700 · +20.8%

Buckinghamshire

578,772 · +20.8%

170,064 · +20.6%

146,620 · +20.6%

58,923 · +20.5%

Newcastle upon Tyne

320,605 · +20.4%

147,182 · +20.3%

Newark and Sherwood

127,886 · +20.2%

1,183,618 · +20.2%

120,839 · +20.2%

111,932 · +20.1%

188,803 · +20.1%

126,736 · +19.8%

41,443 · +19.8%

162,100 · +19.7%

140,274 · +19.7%

563,605 · +19.7%

108,165 · +19.7%

421,298 · +19.7%

Bracknell Forest

130,806 · +19.3%

263,850 · +19.3%

Newry, Mourne and Down

183,115 · +19.1%

166,908 · +19.1%

Windsor and Maidenhead

158,943 · +19.0%

224,578 · +18.9%

129,975 · +18.8%

274,149 · +18.8%

Nuneaton and Bedworth

141,565 · +18.7%

310,085 · +18.7%

301,255 · +18.4%

107,074 · +18.4%

Bath and North East Somerset

200,028 · +18.2%

214,525 · +18.2%

City of Edinburgh

530,680 · +18.2%

259,424 · +18.2%

281,251 · +18.2%

69,841 · +18.1%

845,189 · +18.1%

327,434 · +18.1%

92,118 · +18.0%

588,328 · +18.0%

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

408,967 · +17.9%

147,151 · +17.8%

94,492 · +17.7%

105,679 · +17.6%

Blackburn with Darwen

162,540 · +17.4%

332,455 · +17.4%

141,556 · +17.3%

186,440 · +17.2%

256,434 · +17.2%

North Hertfordshire

137,201 · +17.2%

292,655 · +17.2%

161,420 · +17.1%

151,012 · +16.9%

101,900 · +16.9%

265,080 · +16.8%

193,632 · +16.7%

295,678 · +16.7%

Folkestone and Hythe

112,411 · +16.7%

583,289 · +16.7%

110,212 · +16.7%

151,359 · +16.6%

113,866 · +16.6%

367,666 · +16.6%

83,773 · +16.5%

85,447 · +16.5%

Hinckley and Bosworth

116,682 · +16.4%

105,751 · +16.3%

125,680 · +16.3%

138,157 · +16.3%

129,572 · +16.2%

97,033 · +16.2%

134,284 · +16.1%

104,259 · +16.1%

69,131 · +16.0%

316,920 · +15.9%

Kingston upon Thames

172,692 · +15.9%

124,937 · +15.9%

79,326 · +15.8%

101,685 · +15.7%

141,926 · +15.7%

95,807 · +15.6%

110,671 · +15.5%

Southend-on-Sea

185,256 · +15.5%

101,222 · +15.5%

209,301 · +15.5%

251,770 · +15.4%

113,138 · +15.4%

Cheshire West and Chester

371,652 · +15.4%

83,227 · +15.3%

King's Lynn and West Norfolk

156,206 · +15.2%

508,961 · +15.2%

447,847 · +15.1%

251,560 · +15.1%

Tunbridge Wells

119,694 · +15.0%

Antrim and Newtownabbey

148,100 · +15.0%

91,774 · +15.0%

112,489 · +14.9%

241,025 · +14.7%

147,530 · +14.6%

22,020 · +14.6%

119,768 · +14.5%

Perth and Kinross

154,420 · +14.4%

344,922 · +14.4%

218,539 · +14.4%

138,548 · +14.3%

165,112 · +14.3%

106,671 · +14.2%

89,815 · +14.2%

90,586 · +14.2%

235,561 · +14.1%

91,661 · +14.0%

214,321 · +14.0%

Vale of Glamorgan

135,743 · +13.8%

137,451 · +13.6%

237,290 · +13.6%

Brighton and Hove

283,870 · +13.6%

582,493 · +13.5%

335,319 · +13.2%

East Riding of Yorkshire

355,884 · +13.0%

156,759 · +12.9%

104,088 · +12.9%

272,067 · +12.9%

54,052 · +12.9%

Richmond upon Thames

196,678 · +12.8%

215,391 · +12.7%

142,691 · +12.6%

Stockton-on-Tees

206,800 · +12.5%

389,947 · +12.5%

270,425 · +12.5%

96,133 · +12.5%

92,148 · +12.5%

239,643 · +12.5%

251,304 · +12.5%

West Lancashire

121,995 · +12.5%

650,300 · +12.4%

122,748 · +12.4%

118,743 · +12.2%

89,753 · +12.1%

North Lincolnshire

171,336 · +12.0%

215,025 · +12.0%

130,451 · +11.9%

99,777 · +11.8%

94,930 · +11.7%

116,113 · +11.7%

East Renfrewshire

99,830 · +11.7%

87,847 · +11.5%

319,765 · +11.5%

North Yorkshire

635,270 · +11.4%

Hammersmith and Fulham

188,687 · +11.4%

276,595 · +11.4%

Fermanagh and Omagh

117,687 · +11.3%

73,045 · +11.3%

125,761 · +11.2%

145,183 · +11.1%

102,363 · +11.0%

131,543 · +11.0%

221,242 · +10.9%

99,233 · +10.8%

121,739 · +10.6%

Ards and North Down

165,415 · +10.6%

Oadby and Wigston

61,695 · +10.6%

156,161 · +10.6%

Isles of Scilly

2,366 · +10.6%

100,529 · +10.5%

88,709 · +10.5%

South Lanarkshire

334,030 · +10.5%

Kingston upon Hull, City of

275,401 · +10.2%

160,020 · +10.2%

198,921 · +10.1%

North East Derbyshire

106,646 · +10.0%

Carmarthenshire

190,800 · +9.9%

Mid and East Antrim

139,913 · +9.8%

210,929 · +9.6%

249,664 · +9.6%

189,170 · +9.4%

Scottish Borders

116,980 · +9.4%

231,780 · +9.4%

94,210 · +9.3%

Herefordshire, County of

191,047 · +9.2%

95,010 · +9.2%

538,011 · +9.0%

98,180 · +8.9%

331,930 · +8.8%

81,117 · +8.7%

64,889 · +8.7%

126,985 · +8.6%

North Warwickshire

67,117 · +8.6%

Clackmannanshire

52,110 · +8.4%

145,006 · +8.2%

82,921 · +8.1%

Causeway Coast and Glens

141,954 · +8.1%

South Staffordshire

114,423 · +8.0%

331,420 · +7.8%

140,126 · +7.8%

138,245 · +7.6%

162,565 · +7.5%

120,179 · +7.5%

106,045 · +7.3%

North Lanarkshire

344,540 · +7.3%

352,390 · +7.2%

103,913 · +7.2%

374,760 · +7.1%

216,943 · +7.1%

135,059 · +6.9%

91,219 · +6.8%

303,929 · +6.8%

188,861 · +6.8%

115,428 · +6.7%

Neath Port Talbot

143,249 · +6.6%

114,565 · +6.6%

141,660 · +6.6%

280,495 · +6.4%

202,760 · +6.1%

Derry City and Strabane

152,383 · +6.0%

114,810 · +5.9%

Shetland Islands

23,190 · +5.6%

86,058 · +5.6%

98,202 · +5.5%

58,972 · +4.9%

155,867 · +4.9%

103,217 · +4.8%

114,891 · +4.8%

Rhondda Cynon Taf

242,844 · +4.7%

Newcastle-under-Lyme

127,727 · +4.7%

90,581 · +4.5%

328,873 · +4.4%

176,865 · +4.3%

176,116 · +3.9%

114,253 · +3.7%

94,119 · +3.5%

120,813 · +3.4%

Derbyshire Dales

71,757 · +3.4%

209,996 · +3.3%

149,880 · +3.0%

91,959 · +2.9%

Westmorland and Furness

230,185 · +2.7%

Staffordshire Moorlands

96,651 · +2.2%

Isle of Anglesey

69,097 · +1.9%

East Dunbartonshire

109,970 · +1.6%

288,606 · +1.4%

144,191 · +1.4%

North East Lincolnshire

159,911 · +1.2%

286,281 · +1.2%

121,480 · +1.0%

112,260 · +0.1%

Redcar and Cleveland

139,228 · +0.0%

151,393 · -0.9%

Dumfries and Galloway

145,860 · -1.3%

134,010 · -1.3%

Na h-Eileanan Siar

26,020 · -1.6%

67,873 · -3.0%

72,599 · -3.7%

Argyll and Bute

87,690 · -4.0%

West Dunbartonshire

89,120 · -4.5%

78,880 · -6.3%

Kensington and Chelsea

144,518 · -10.9%