Dover population, 2001–2024
Dover has an estimated population of 119,768 (mid-2024), up 14.5% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dover local authority area.
119,768
population, mid-2024
+14.5%
since 2001
+6.4%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (119,768)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 119,768 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 118,781 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 117,445 | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 116,549 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 116,134 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 115,902 | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 115,148 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 114,335 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 113,365 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 112,464 | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 112,541 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 111,979 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 111,529 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 111,718 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 111,072 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 110,061 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 109,848 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 109,041 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 107,904 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 107,475 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 106,878 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 105,784 | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 104,883 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 104,646 | — |
Food businesses
Dover has 97 takeaways, 248 restaurants and cafés and 136 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.39 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 8.1 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Dover local authority area (code E07000108), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.