Ceredigion population, 2001–2024
Ceredigion has an estimated population of 72,599 (mid-2024), down 3.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Ceredigion local authority area.
72,599
population, mid-2024
-3.7%
since 2001
-3.5%
last 10 years
2012
peak year (76,215)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72,599 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 72,488 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 71,956 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 70,676 | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 71,421 | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 70,639 | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 71,291 | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 72,220 | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 72,900 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 73,724 | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 75,197 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 76,087 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 76,215 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 75,293 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 75,217 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 74,642 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 74,971 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 75,326 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 75,342 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 75,485 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 75,775 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 75,581 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 75,500 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 75,417 | — |
High street businesses
Ceredigion has 30 hairdressers and beauty salons, 55 pubs and bars, 45 licensed restaurants, 60 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 Ceredigion local authority area (code W06000008), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Ceredigion?
72,599, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Ceredigion 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 Ceredigion growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 3.7% since 2001, from 75,417 to 72,599. The peak year in the series so far is 2012. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.