Brent population, 2001–2024
Brent has an estimated population of 352,976 (mid-2024), up 30.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Brent local authority area.
352,976
population, mid-2024
+30.9%
since 2001
+7.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (352,976)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 352,976 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 348,751 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 341,505 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 339,248 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 343,988 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 347,424 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 345,558 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 342,439 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 339,524 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 335,605 | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 329,981 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 324,345 | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 317,984 | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 312,245 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 304,785 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 298,118 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 290,901 | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 283,273 | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 276,504 | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 270,939 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 268,335 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 268,323 | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 269,871 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 269,620 | — |
Food businesses
Brent has 499 takeaways, 558 restaurants and cafés and 80 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.89 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 14.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Brent has 345 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 220 licensed restaurants, 245 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 Brent local authority area (code E09000005), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Brent?
352,976, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Brent 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 Brent growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 30.9% since 2001, from 269,620 to 352,976. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.