Cumberland population, 2001–2024
Cumberland has an estimated population of 280,495 (mid-2024), up 6.4% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Cumberland local authority area.
280,495
population, mid-2024
+6.4%
since 2001
+2.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (280,495)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 280,495 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 278,070 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 275,445 | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 273,788 | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 272,444 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 273,009 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 273,256 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 273,458 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 274,192 | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 274,195 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 274,139 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 274,032 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 274,285 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 274,546 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 273,915 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 274,005 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 274,153 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 273,850 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 272,315 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 270,496 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 269,008 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 266,609 | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 264,632 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 263,559 | — |
High street businesses
Cumberland has 230 hairdressers and beauty salons, 205 pubs and bars, 130 licensed restaurants, 230 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 Cumberland local authority area (code E06000063), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Cumberland?
280,495, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Cumberland 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 Cumberland growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 6.4% since 2001, from 263,559 to 280,495. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.