Maidstone population, 2001–2024
Maidstone has an estimated population of 187,767 (mid-2024), up 35.0% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Maidstone local authority area.
187,767
population, mid-2024
+35.0%
since 2001
+16.2%
last 10 years
2024
peak year (187,767)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 187,767 | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 184,281 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 180,144 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 176,697 | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 173,272 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 171,816 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 169,974 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 168,115 | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 165,953 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 164,112 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 161,567 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 159,308 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 157,457 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 155,764 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 153,739 | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 151,594 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 149,723 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 147,741 | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 145,307 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 143,353 | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 142,242 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 141,246 | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 140,338 | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 139,116 | — |
Food businesses
Maidstone has 104 takeaways, 286 restaurants and cafés and 130 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.36 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 5.5 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
High street businesses
Maidstone has 115 hairdressers and beauty salons, 80 pubs and bars, 45 licensed restaurants, 105 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 Maidstone local authority area (code E07000110), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.
Common questions
What is the population of Maidstone?
187,767, on the ONS mid-2024 estimate for the Maidstone 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 Maidstone growing or shrinking?
Growing: up 35.0% since 2001, from 139,116 to 187,767. The peak year in the series so far is 2024. Year-by-year figures and the chart are on this page.