Dumfries and Galloway population, 2001–2024
Dumfries and Galloway has an estimated population of 145,860 (mid-2024), down 1.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dumfries and Galloway local authority area.
145,860
population, mid-2024
-1.3%
since 2001
-2.4%
last 10 years
2011
peak year (151,410)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 145,860 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 145,890 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 145,770 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 146,250 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 146,090 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 146,810 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 146,990 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 147,810 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 148,390 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 148,820 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 149,490 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 149,960 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 150,660 | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 151,410 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 151,100 | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 151,160 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 151,010 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 150,370 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 149,770 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 149,620 | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 148,700 | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 147,860 | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 147,670 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 147,780 | — |
High street businesses
Dumfries and Galloway has 100 hairdressers and beauty salons, 80 pubs and bars, 60 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 Dumfries and Galloway local authority area (code S12000006), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Dumfries and Galloway?
145,860, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Dumfries and Galloway 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 Dumfries and Galloway growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 1.3% since 2001, from 147,780 to 145,860. The peak year in the series so far is 2011. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.