Derby population, 2001–2024
Derby has an estimated population of 274,149 (mid-2024), up 18.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Derby local authority area.
274,149
population, mid-2024
+18.8%
since 2001
+7.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (274,149)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 274,149 | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 269,903 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 264,321 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 261,260 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 261,999 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 263,014 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 262,395 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 261,104 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 259,883 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 257,406 | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 255,320 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 253,812 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 251,804 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 248,943 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 247,035 | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 243,980 | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 241,865 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 239,917 | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 238,110 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 236,470 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 234,501 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 232,827 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 231,979 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 230,726 | — |
High street businesses
Derby has 185 hairdressers and beauty salons, 105 pubs and bars, 65 licensed restaurants, 185 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 Derby local authority area (code E06000015), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Derby?
274,149, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Derby 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 Derby growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 18.8% since 2001, from 230,726 to 274,149. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.