Coventry population, 2001–2024
Coventry has an estimated population of 369,026 (mid-2024), up 21.9% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Coventry local authority area.
369,026
population, mid-2024
+21.9%
since 2001
+13.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (369,026)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 369,026 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 359,243 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 351,434 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 344,151 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 344,702 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 343,715 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 342,811 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 340,034 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 337,064 | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 331,112 | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 325,066 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 322,146 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 318,141 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 316,915 | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 311,674 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 307,393 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 305,186 | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 301,429 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 300,129 | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 298,386 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 298,174 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 300,665 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 301,295 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 302,804 | — |
Food businesses
Coventry has 500 takeaways, 572 restaurants and cafés and 164 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.87 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 13.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Coventry local authority area (code E08000026), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.