Harlow population, 2001–2024
Harlow has an estimated population of 98,235 (mid-2024), up 24.7% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Harlow local authority area.
98,235
population, mid-2024
+24.7%
since 2001
+13.5%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (98,235)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 98,235 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 96,429 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 94,447 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 93,428 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 92,415 | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 91,952 | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 90,695 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 89,824 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 88,913 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 87,797 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 86,531 | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 84,743 | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 83,478 | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 82,177 | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 81,490 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 80,710 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 79,913 | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 79,165 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 78,722 | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 78,354 | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 78,019 | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 78,128 | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 78,340 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 78,799 | — |
Food businesses
Harlow has 54 takeaways, 122 restaurants and cafés and 51 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.44 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Harlow local authority area (code E07000073), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.