Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole population, 2001–2024
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has an estimated population of 408,967 (mid-2024), up 17.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority area.
408,967
population, mid-2024
+17.9%
since 2001
+4.9%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (408,967)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 408,967 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 406,626 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 402,784 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 400,155 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 399,564 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 400,182 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 400,064 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 399,374 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 397,066 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 392,499 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 389,727 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 385,483 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 382,465 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 379,441 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 373,760 | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 366,948 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 363,158 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 359,462 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 353,901 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 351,616 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 348,506 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 348,483 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 348,717 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 346,829 | — |
Food businesses
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has 331 takeaways, 957 restaurants and cafés and 211 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.35 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authority area (code E06000058), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.