Dacorum population, 2001–2024
Dacorum has an estimated population of 161,420 (mid-2024), up 17.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dacorum local authority area.
161,420
population, mid-2024
+17.1%
since 2001
+8.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (161,420)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 161,420 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 158,754 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 156,299 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 155,211 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 154,815 | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 154,367 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 153,982 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 153,282 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 152,462 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 150,906 | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 149,380 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 148,057 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 146,826 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 145,298 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 143,651 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 142,205 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 140,802 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 139,527 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 138,973 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 138,633 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 138,403 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 138,413 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 138,118 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 137,843 | — |
Food businesses
Dacorum has 116 takeaways, 244 restaurants and cafés and 119 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.48 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.2 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Dacorum local authority area (code E07000096), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.