Dundee City population, 2001–2024
Dundee City has an estimated population of 149,880 (mid-2024), up 3.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Dundee City local authority area.
149,880
population, mid-2024
+3.0%
since 2001
+1.7%
last 10 years
2023
peak year (150,030)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 149,880 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 150,030 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 148,470 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 146,790 | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 148,070 | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 148,290 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 147,770 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 147,810 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 147,220 | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 147,320 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 147,360 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 147,560 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 147,560 | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 147,200 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 146,060 | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 145,170 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 144,290 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 143,700 | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 143,360 | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 143,600 | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 143,100 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 144,080 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 144,370 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 145,460 | — |
High street businesses
Dundee City has 135 hairdressers and beauty salons, 75 pubs and bars, 55 licensed restaurants, 125 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 Dundee City local authority area (code S12000042), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Dundee City?
149,880, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Dundee City 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 Dundee City growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 3.0% since 2001, from 145,460 to 149,880. The peak year in the series so far is 2023. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.