Inverclyde population, 2001–2024
Inverclyde has an estimated population of 78,880 (mid-2024), down 6.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Inverclyde local authority area.
78,880
population, mid-2024
-6.3%
since 2001
-2.1%
last 10 years
2001
peak year (84,150)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78,880 | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 78,780 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 78,350 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 78,390 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 78,580 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 79,150 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 79,350 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 79,820 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 80,110 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 80,340 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 80,540 | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 80,870 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 80,990 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 81,220 | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 81,510 | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 81,670 | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 82,000 | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 82,110 | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 82,320 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 82,680 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 82,690 | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 83,300 | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 83,730 | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 84,150 | — |
High street businesses
Inverclyde has 55 hairdressers and beauty salons, 20 pubs and bars, 35 licensed restaurants, 55 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 Inverclyde local authority area (code S12000018), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Inverclyde?
78,880, on the NRS mid-2024 estimate for the Inverclyde 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 Inverclyde growing or shrinking?
Shrinking: down 6.3% since 2001, from 84,150 to 78,880. The peak year in the series so far is 2001. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.