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.
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.