Greenwich population, 2001–2024
Greenwich has an estimated population of 299,528 (mid-2024), up 37.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Greenwich local authority area.
299,528
population, mid-2024
+37.7%
since 2001
+11.6%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (299,528)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 299,528 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 296,420 | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 292,381 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 289,537 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 288,384 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 288,205 | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 285,773 | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 282,376 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 278,768 | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 274,230 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 268,305 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 264,036 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 260,360 | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 255,483 | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 249,171 | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 243,672 | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 239,748 | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 236,535 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 233,990 | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 230,494 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 227,190 | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 224,303 | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 221,476 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 217,460 | — |
Food businesses
Greenwich has 238 takeaways, 564 restaurants and cafés and 102 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.42 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 7.9 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Greenwich has 225 hairdressers and beauty salons, 45 pubs and bars, 135 licensed restaurants, 205 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 Greenwich local authority area (code E09000011), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Greenwich?
299,528, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Greenwich 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 Greenwich growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 37.7% since 2001, from 217,460 to 299,528. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.