Derry City and Strabane population, 2001–2024
Derry City and Strabane has an estimated population of 152,383 (mid-2024), up 6.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Derry City and Strabane local authority area.
152,383
population, mid-2024
+6.0%
since 2001
+2.1%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (152,383)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 152,383 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 150,859 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 150,836 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 150,834 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 150,831 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 151,236 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 150,712 | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 150,589 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 150,259 | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 149,589 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 149,307 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 148,721 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 148,666 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 148,191 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 148,148 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 148,053 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 147,496 | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 146,742 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 145,855 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 145,447 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 145,041 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 144,629 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 144,280 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 143,810 | — |
High street businesses
Derry City and Strabane has 100 hairdressers and beauty salons, 85 pubs and bars, 50 licensed restaurants, 105 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 Derry City and Strabane local authority area (code N09000005), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Derry City and Strabane?
152,383, on the NISRA mid-2024 estimate for the Derry City and Strabane 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 Derry City and Strabane growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 6.0% since 2001, from 143,810 to 152,383. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.