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.
High street businesses
Coventry has 190 hairdressers and beauty salons, 75 pubs and bars, 105 licensed restaurants, 250 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 Coventry local authority area (code E08000026), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Coventry?
369,026, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Coventry 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 Coventry growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 21.9% since 2001, from 302,804 to 369,026. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.