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.
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.