Barnet population, 2001–2024
Barnet has an estimated population of 405,050 (mid-2024), up 26.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Barnet local authority area.
405,050
population, mid-2024
+26.8%
since 2001
+8.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (405,050)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 405,050 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 398,191 | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 390,371 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 388,955 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 391,046 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 390,590 | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 387,574 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 384,117 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 382,925 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 377,826 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 373,853 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 368,611 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 363,260 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 357,538 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 351,438 | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 345,829 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 339,212 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 334,837 | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 330,801 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 327,541 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 323,723 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 321,802 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 320,552 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 319,481 | — |
Food businesses
Barnet has 244 takeaways, 622 restaurants and cafés and 108 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Barnet has 460 hairdressers and beauty salons, 65 pubs and bars, 300 licensed restaurants, 240 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 Barnet local authority area (code E09000003), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Barnet?
405,050, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Barnet 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 Barnet growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 26.8% since 2001, from 319,481 to 405,050. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.