Forest of Dean population, 2001–2024
Forest of Dean has an estimated population of 89,753 (mid-2024), up 12.1% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Forest of Dean local authority area.
89,753
population, mid-2024
+12.1%
since 2001
+7.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (89,753)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89,753 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 89,050 | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 87,931 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 87,114 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 86,454 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 86,274 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 86,133 | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 85,557 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 85,135 | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 84,335 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 83,377 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 82,672 | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 82,437 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 82,200 | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 81,896 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 81,994 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 82,099 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 82,004 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 81,733 | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 81,482 | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 81,091 | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 80,729 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 80,125 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 80,057 | — |
Food businesses
Forest of Dean has 57 takeaways, 242 restaurants and cafés and 69 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.24 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 6.4 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Forest of Dean local authority area (code E07000080), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.