Carmarthenshire population, 2001–2024
Carmarthenshire has an estimated population of 190,800 (mid-2024), up 9.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Carmarthenshire local authority area.
190,800
population, mid-2024
+9.9%
since 2001
+3.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (190,800)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 190,800 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 190,381 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 189,194 | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 188,172 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 187,391 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 186,125 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 185,444 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 184,984 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 184,985 | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 184,404 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 184,349 | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 184,252 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 184,206 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 183,961 | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 183,004 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 182,846 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 182,517 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 181,314 | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 179,504 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 178,229 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 177,487 | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 176,133 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 174,628 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 173,652 | — |
High street businesses
Carmarthenshire has 110 hairdressers and beauty salons, 115 pubs and bars, 75 licensed restaurants, 115 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 Carmarthenshire local authority area (code W06000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Carmarthenshire?
190,800, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Carmarthenshire 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 Carmarthenshire growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 9.9% since 2001, from 173,652 to 190,800. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.