Blackpool population, 2001–2024
Blackpool has an estimated population of 144,191 (mid-2024), up 1.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Blackpool local authority area.
144,191
population, mid-2024
+1.4%
since 2001
+1.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (144,191)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 144,191 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 143,070 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 141,680 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 140,976 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 141,560 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 142,407 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 141,880 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 142,121 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 141,996 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 141,788 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 142,253 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 142,733 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 142,565 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 142,080 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 142,753 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 142,578 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 142,921 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 143,644 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 143,733 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 143,688 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 143,143 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 142,658 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 142,164 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 142,270 | — |
Food businesses
Blackpool has 280 takeaways, 327 restaurants and cafés and 105 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.86 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 19.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Blackpool has 90 hairdressers and beauty salons, 80 pubs and bars, 75 licensed restaurants, 130 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 Blackpool local authority area (code E06000009), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Blackpool?
144,191, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Blackpool 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 Blackpool growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 1.4% since 2001, from 142,270 to 144,191. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.