Birmingham population, 2001–2024
Birmingham has an estimated population of 1,183,618 (mid-2024), up 20.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Birmingham local authority area.
1,183,618
population, mid-2024
+20.2%
since 2001
+7.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (1,183,618)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,183,618 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,170,238 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,153,593 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,143,285 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,148,692 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,150,646 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,146,050 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,139,893 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,131,271 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1,114,932 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 1,103,724 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 1,094,531 | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1,084,661 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,074,283 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,061,074 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1,050,072 | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 1,038,980 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,029,021 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1,020,843 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,014,650 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1,002,376 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 996,356 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 990,384 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 984,642 | — |
Food businesses
Birmingham has 989 takeaways, 2,510 restaurants and cafés and 480 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 8.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Birmingham has 830 hairdressers and beauty salons, 210 pubs and bars, 410 licensed restaurants, 885 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 Birmingham local authority area (code E08000025), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Birmingham?
1,183,618, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 20.2% since 2001, from 984,642 to 1,183,618. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.