Buckinghamshire population, 2001–2024
Buckinghamshire has an estimated population of 578,772 (mid-2024), up 20.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Buckinghamshire local authority area.
578,772
population, mid-2024
+20.8%
since 2001
+10.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (578,772)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 578,772 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 569,850 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 561,180 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 555,161 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 549,066 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 545,859 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 541,983 | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 538,762 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 535,519 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 529,999 | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 523,613 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 517,918 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 512,105 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 506,550 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 502,820 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 498,813 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 496,371 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 493,501 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 489,348 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 485,526 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 482,126 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 480,164 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 478,768 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 479,131 | — |
High street businesses
Buckinghamshire has 395 hairdressers and beauty salons, 245 pubs and bars, 225 licensed restaurants, 295 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 Buckinghamshire local authority area (code E06000060), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Buckinghamshire?
578,772, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 20.8% since 2001, from 479,131 to 578,772. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.