Liverpool population, 2001–2024
Liverpool has an estimated population of 508,961 (mid-2024), up 15.2% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Liverpool local authority area.
508,961
population, mid-2024
+15.2%
since 2001
+9.3%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (508,961)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 508,961 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 503,216 | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 493,693 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 485,022 | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 483,348 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 484,687 | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 483,598 | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 479,801 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 475,486 | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 469,953 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 465,745 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 465,815 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 465,365 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 465,656 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 461,403 | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 457,523 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 454,468 | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 453,582 | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 453,055 | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 452,278 | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 448,091 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 444,960 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 443,784 | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 441,858 | — |
Food businesses
Liverpool has 750 takeaways, 1,019 restaurants and cafés and 522 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.74 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 14.7 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Liverpool local authority area (code E08000012), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.