Blaenau Gwent population, 2001–2024
Blaenau Gwent has an estimated population of 67,873 (mid-2024), down 3.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Blaenau Gwent local authority area.
67,873
population, mid-2024
-3.0%
since 2001
-1.3%
last 10 years
2001
peak year (70,000)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 67,873 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 67,523 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 66,948 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 66,989 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 67,219 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 67,382 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 67,566 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 67,829 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 68,135 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 68,395 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 68,737 | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 69,186 | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 69,589 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 69,812 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 69,798 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 69,850 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 69,820 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 69,685 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 69,610 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 69,188 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 69,242 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 69,228 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 69,452 | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 70,000 | — |
High street businesses
Blaenau Gwent has 35 hairdressers and beauty salons, 20 pubs and bars, 5 licensed restaurants, 55 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 Blaenau Gwent local authority area (code W06000019), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Blaenau Gwent?
67,873, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Blaenau Gwent 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 Blaenau Gwent growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 3.0% since 2001, from 70,000 to 67,873. The peak year in the series so far is 2001. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.