Cotswold population, 2001–2024
Cotswold has an estimated population of 91,661 (mid-2024), up 14.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cotswold local authority area.
91,661
population, mid-2024
+14.0%
since 2001
+8.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (91,661)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91,661 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 91,511 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 91,368 | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 91,076 | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 89,824 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 89,632 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 88,814 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 87,540 | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 85,994 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 85,293 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 84,656 | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 83,986 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 83,483 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 83,180 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 82,614 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 82,765 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 83,016 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 83,202 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 82,597 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 82,205 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 81,795 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 81,212 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 80,475 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 80,387 | — |
Food businesses
Cotswold has 42 takeaways, 295 restaurants and cafés and 138 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.14 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 4.6 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Cotswold local authority area (code E07000079), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.