Kingston upon Hull, City of population, 2001–2025
Kingston upon Hull, City of has an estimated population of 273,257 (mid-2025), up 9.3% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority area. The newest year is provisional: when ONS published mid-2025 it revised the mid-2024 figure for 348 of the 361 UK authorities, so read the last point on any of these charts as the current best estimate rather than a settled number.
273,257
population, mid-2025
+9.3%
since 2001
+4.0%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (274,727)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 273,257 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 274,727 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 273,245 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 269,026 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 266,516 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 267,591 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 268,749 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 268,223 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 267,566 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 265,338 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 262,711 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 260,896 | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 259,094 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 258,085 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 256,123 | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 256,174 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 256,079 | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 256,746 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 255,761 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 255,497 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 255,159 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 253,049 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 250,604 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 249,463 | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 249,913 | — |
High street businesses
Kingston upon Hull, City of has 215 hairdressers and beauty salons, 125 pubs and bars, 90 licensed restaurants, 255 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of local authority area (code E06000010), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Kingston upon Hull, City of?
273,257, on the ONS mid-2025 estimate for the Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 9.3% since 2001, from 249,913 to 273,257. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.