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.
High street businesses
Liverpool has 470 hairdressers and beauty salons, 265 pubs and bars, 315 licensed restaurants, 450 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 Liverpool local authority area (code E08000012), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Liverpool?
508,961, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Liverpool 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 Liverpool growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 15.2% since 2001, from 441,858 to 508,961. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.