Croydon population, 2001–2024
Croydon has an estimated population of 409,342 (mid-2024), up 22.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Croydon local authority area.
409,342
population, mid-2024
+22.2%
since 2001
+8.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (409,342)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 409,342 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 402,217 | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 393,547 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 390,691 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 392,101 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 390,643 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 386,999 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 385,567 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 384,382 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 381,277 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 378,244 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 374,270 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 369,617 | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 364,815 | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 357,951 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 352,763 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 349,308 | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 344,029 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 340,449 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 339,052 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 337,134 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 335,919 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 335,415 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 335,112 | — |
Food businesses
Croydon has 425 takeaways, 593 restaurants and cafés and 72 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.72 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 10.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Croydon has 335 hairdressers and beauty salons, 60 pubs and bars, 210 licensed restaurants, 295 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 Croydon local authority area (code E09000008), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Croydon?
409,342, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Croydon 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 Croydon growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 22.2% since 2001, from 335,112 to 409,342. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.