Conwy population, 2001–2025
Conwy has an estimated population of 114,421 (mid-2025), up 4.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Conwy local authority area. The newest year is provisional: when ONS published mid-2025 it revised the mid-2024 figure for 348 of the 361 UK authorities, so read the last point on any of these charts as the current best estimate rather than a settled number.
114,421
population, mid-2025
+4.3%
since 2001
-0.8%
last 10 years
2014
peak year (115,700)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114,421 | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 114,435 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 114,631 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 114,257 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 114,788 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 114,651 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 114,196 | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 114,387 | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 114,855 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 115,391 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 115,380 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 115,700 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 115,313 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 115,432 | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 115,326 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 114,682 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 114,623 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 114,371 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 113,778 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 113,004 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 112,374 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 112,272 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 111,248 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 110,624 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 109,674 | — |
High street businesses
Conwy has 80 hairdressers and beauty salons, 85 pubs and bars, 75 licensed restaurants, 105 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 Conwy local authority area (code W06000003), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Conwy?
114,421, on the ONS mid-2025 estimate for the Conwy 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 Conwy growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 4.3% since 2001, from 109,674 to 114,421. The peak year in the series so far is 2014. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.