Bradford population, 2001–2024
Bradford has an estimated population of 563,605 (mid-2024), up 19.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Bradford local authority area.
563,605
population, mid-2024
+19.7%
since 2001
+6.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (563,605)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 563,605 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 559,071 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 551,522 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 546,839 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 547,141 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 545,966 | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 542,542 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 540,447 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 538,178 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 534,919 | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 531,795 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 528,712 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 525,522 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 523,115 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 518,002 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 512,392 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 507,323 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 501,357 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 495,658 | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 491,361 | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 484,650 | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 479,166 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 475,184 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 470,753 | — |
Food businesses
Bradford has 698 takeaways, 952 restaurants and cafés and 440 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.73 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 12.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Bradford local authority area (code E08000032), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.