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.
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.