Islington population, 2001–2024
Islington has an estimated population of 223,024 (mid-2024), up 24.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Islington local authority area.
223,024
population, mid-2024
+24.3%
since 2001
+3.7%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (223,024)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 223,024 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 222,333 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 219,769 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 217,050 | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 221,018 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 221,994 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 221,453 | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 221,535 | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 220,620 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 218,255 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 214,986 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 212,604 | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 208,762 | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 206,285 | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 200,129 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 196,704 | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 192,089 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 188,636 | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 185,283 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 183,477 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 180,831 | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 180,899 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 180,118 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 179,387 | — |
Food businesses
Islington has 246 takeaways, 1,018 restaurants and cafés and 223 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 11.0 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Islington has 310 hairdressers and beauty salons, 145 pubs and bars, 345 licensed restaurants, 220 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 Islington local authority area (code E09000019), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Islington?
223,024, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Islington 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 Islington growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 24.3% since 2001, from 179,387 to 223,024. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.