Camden population, 2001–2024
Camden has an estimated population of 216,943 (mid-2024), up 7.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Camden local authority area.
216,943
population, mid-2024
+7.1%
since 2001
-1.9%
last 10 years
2013
peak year (221,348)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 216,943 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 217,235 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 217,352 | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 210,968 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 214,768 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 217,136 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 217,915 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 218,833 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 221,024 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 221,032 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 221,095 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 221,348 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 219,647 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 220,087 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 214,725 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 212,924 | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 210,273 | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 211,520 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 211,032 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 211,088 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 207,341 | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 204,254 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 203,972 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 202,567 | — |
Food businesses
Camden has 777 takeaways, 1,731 restaurants and cafés and 233 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.45 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 35.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Camden has 440 hairdressers and beauty salons, 165 pubs and bars, 555 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 Camden local authority area (code E09000007), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Camden?
216,943, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Camden 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 Camden growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 7.1% since 2001, from 202,567 to 216,943. The peak year in the series so far is 2013. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.