Barking and Dagenham population, 2001–2024
Barking and Dagenham has an estimated population of 232,747 (mid-2024), up 40.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Barking and Dagenham local authority area.
232,747
population, mid-2024
+40.5%
since 2001
+15.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (232,747)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 232,747 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 226,301 | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 220,392 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 218,714 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 219,227 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 218,828 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 216,298 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 214,017 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 211,047 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 206,450 | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 201,244 | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 196,204 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 191,453 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 187,029 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 182,838 | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 177,580 | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 172,452 | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 169,031 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 167,157 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 166,275 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 165,610 | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 166,210 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 166,357 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 165,654 | — |
Food businesses
Barking and Dagenham has 230 takeaways, 232 restaurants and cafés and 27 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.99 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 9.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Barking and Dagenham has 120 hairdressers and beauty salons, 15 pubs and bars, 50 licensed restaurants, 170 takeaways on the ONS business register (2025). Compare across the UK.
Rounded to the nearest 5, which is how ONS protects individual businesses from being identified.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Barking and Dagenham local authority area (code E09000002), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Barking and Dagenham?
232,747, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Barking and Dagenham local authority area. This page charts the full annual series back to 2001, so the figure sits in its twenty-year context rather than alone.
Is Barking and Dagenham growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 40.5% since 2001, from 165,654 to 232,747. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.