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.
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.